Incident date: 2020-12-28
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was helping the gang saw operator by unloading the wood from the saw. A piece of wood was jammed in the saw. The saw was turned off. As the employee removed the jammed wood, his hand contacted the still spinning blades and sizer teeth. The employee received lacerations and contusions requiring hand surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate