Incident date: 2017-03-20
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was greasing bearings on a running machine and his left index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation at the first knuckle. The guard was removed at the time.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high