Incident date: 2017-11-06
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was cleaning/wiping the face of a machine guard when his rag was caught in the drive chain, which then pulled his third left-hand digit into the chain/sprocket, pinching the tip. His digit tip was surgically amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high