Incident date: 2020-12-02
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee had just replaced a broken sprocket and put in a new chain on a high-volume oil conveyor. The chain seized up. As he tried to free it, it took off and his left index finger was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The fingertip was amputated halfway up the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Conveyors-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high