Incident date: 2022-06-11
NAICS industry code: 321113

On June 11, 2022, an employee was performing maintenance on a machine part that holds logs in place while a blade cuts them. The employee was holding up the machine part when it slipped and slammed down onto his right middle finger, resulting in a crush injury that required a surgical partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high