Incident date: 2022-09-06
NAICS industry code: 493120

On September 6, 2022, an employee was performing maintenance on a battery changer. As the employee was removing slack from its chain, the machine was activated. The chain and sprocket amputated the tip of the employee's finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high