Incident date: 2018-08-19
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was attempting to adjust a small pulley belt inside equipment when his left hand was pulled into the chain and sprocket, amputating his left pinky finger (below the middle knuckle) and left ring finger (above middle knuckle). The equipment was live at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high