Incident date: 2018-01-24
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was using a come-along to realign a chain on a sprocket when the employee's left thumb was caught between the chain and sprocket, lacerating and breaking it. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate