Incident date: 2024-10-03
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was cleaning a chain when their towel became caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a partial amputation of their right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high