Incident date: 2023-01-30
NAICS industry code: 332431

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a slitter, and was lubricating the chain and sprocket assembly. As the chain was being cycled forward to reach additional sections, the employee's right index finger was caught and pulled through the sprocket assembly, resulting in a partial amputation.

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