Incident date: 2024-11-05
NAICS industry code: 561910

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a machine and greasing a drive chain under the tape sealer. The employee's right index finger became caught in the drive sprocket and chain and he sustained an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Special process machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high