Incident date: 2018-07-25
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was attempting to unjam a piece of ash edging that was stuck between the belt and frame of an edging machine when the machine pulled employee's hand back into the frame, resulting in three finger amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high