Incident date: 2015-01-30
NAICS industry code: 331210

Two employees were trying to reset a chain on a sprocket that raises and lowers oven doors. The injured employee's finger was caught between the chain and the sprocket. He amputated the distal portion of his ring finger on his right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high