Incident date: 2023-11-16
NAICS industry code: 812332

An employee was checking the torque limiter on the sprocket of a battery-powered walk-behind floor scrubber when the chain caught his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high