Incident date: 2016-09-19
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was repairing wooden pallets and placing the chain back on the sprocket when his left hand became stuck between the moving chain and sprocket, crushing and severely lacerating multiple fingers on his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high