Incident date: 2024-02-08
NAICS industry code: 311211

A maintenance employee was working on the outfeed of a palletizer that wasn't running. He used a wrench and chain puller to make repairs. Once running, the equipment pulled his left hand into a chain and sprocket drive. The employee suffered a fracture to the middle finger, a laceration to the ring finger, and partial amputation of the little finger.

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: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high