Incident date: 2015-06-08
NAICS industry code: 111421

The right index finger of an employee working on a plant potting assembly line got caught between a drive chain for a carousel and a metal guide wheel, resulting in an amputation down to the first knuckle from the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high