Incident date: 2024-08-21
NAICS industry code: 321113

A crew was using pry bars to reposition a log that was stuck at an angle in the feed roller when the rollers came down on the injured employee's right hand, catching it against the log. The employee was hospitalized with an amputation of the index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high