Incident date: 2017-11-13
NAICS industry code: 444110

On 11/13/2017, at 7:00 AM, an employee was using a chain winch to remove a screw auger from a tube in the boiler room. The movement of the auger caused a pulley to turn, and the employee's finger was pinched between the pulley and a protruding bolt head. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high