Incident date: 2016-07-11
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was performing maintenance on the conveyor of the "butterfly" machine when the chain drive activated and caught his left ring finger, amputating the fingertip to the first knuckle. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high