Incident date: 2021-08-06
NAICS industry code: 339920

An employee was moving a chain on a laser CNC machine. When he pulled the chain toward the sprocket, his left ring finger was caught in the nip point of the chain/socket assembly. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high