Incident date: 2018-04-14
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was working the wood chipping machine and was attempting to remove the cable hook from the tree when his left hand was caught between the tree and the cable, which tightened up on his hand and severed his left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high