Incident date: 2024-05-29
NAICS industry code: 322121

On May 29, 2024, at 9:00 AM, an employee was in the wood yard replacing a stacker reclaim chain. To perform the work, he was on a scaffold approximately 7 feet off the ground. He was waiting for a section of chain to be lowered into position so he could pin the links together. As the chain was lowered into position, the end began to coil up. The employee grabbed the end so it would lay flat. The chain flattened quickly and a link pinched his right ring finger. The upper right corner of his fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Other material and personnel handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high