Incident date: 2016-09-12
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was working at the post peeler when the chain that rolls the post peeler became jammed and would not turn over. He shut everything off, but the belt energized and caught his hand in the gear box belt and pulley, amputating his left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high