Incident date: 2023-09-01
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was cleaning a machine when their hand was caught between a chain and sprocket of a rotating drum, causing a partial amputation to the left ring finger. The machine was running at the time and the chain and sprocket were not guarded.

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