Incident date: 2023-09-13
NAICS industry code: 333131

An employee was assembling a ripper conveyor chain. A chain consists of treads and an overhead crane is utilized to connect treads together. While placing a link in the chain assembly, a tread slipped and caught/pinched the employee s left hand/middle finger. They suffered a partial finger amputation without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high