Incident date: 2021-11-02
NAICS industry code: 332813

An employee was using an air chain hoist to remove the basket from a plating line dryer. The employee's left fourth finger got caught in the air chain hoist's chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation and the loss of the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Overhead hoists-pneumatic powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high