Incident date: 2017-02-07
NAICS industry code: 326121

An employee was working on a locked-out machine, which had a chain with slack. He then unlocked the machine and activated it. He was tapping the machine to see if it would speed up when his left distal finger was caught and partially amputated by the chain and sprocket.

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