Incident date: 2022-05-19
NAICS industry code: 311999

On May 19, 2022, an employee was performing routine maintenance on a piece of equipment that was energized. The machine's guard had been removed to perform this task. As he reached to lubricate a chain-driven sprocket, his left thumb got caught between the sprocket and the chain resulting in amputation of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high