Incident date: 2018-10-04
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee had adjusted the tension on a machine's chain/belt, then energized the machine to evaluate its operation. His hand slipped into the chain area; his finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, and he suffered partial amputations to the left ring and middle fingers. At the time of the incident, the machine's lockout/tagout had been removed and the chain area was unguarded.

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), unspecified
severity: high