Incident date: 2015-06-19
NAICS industry code: 321113

A maintenance employee was trying to free a log jam on the DDM6 machine. The machine was locked and tagged out at the time. He was using a sledge hammer to break the log loose. The sledge hammer slipped, and the employee's left thumb became stuck between the hammer head and the blade on the machine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high