Incident date: 2024-02-01
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was working to repair the jump chains at the stacker. He was changing a sprocket when his left thumb was caught between the belt and the sheave he was using to adjust the sprocket's position. He suffered an amputation at the last joint of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate