Incident date: 2015-09-27
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was cleaning wood fiber debris from an airlock when his finger got caught between the metal tip of the vane and the airlock, amputating his left middle finger above the bone. The airlock was not turned off at the time of the incident.

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