Incident date: 2018-10-21
NAICS industry code: 321912

An employee was oiling a chain and sprocket. He was attempting to brush some debris off of the machinery when his glove was caught in the sprocket, pulling his left hand into and around the sprocket. His left index, middle, and ring fingers were partially 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high