Incident date: 2021-09-27
NAICS industry code: 331522

On September 27, 2021, a maintenance employee was adjusting a chain on a machine. The chain went back in place on the sprocket and the employee's finger was caught between the chain and sprocket. The employee sustained an amputation to his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high