Incident date: 2025-03-14
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was performing preventive maintenance and greasing a chain on a metal detector machine. Their right index finger contacted a chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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