Incident date: 2024-01-27
NAICS industry code: 336310

An employee was feeding boards into a six-head molder. The employee opened the machine to clear a small piece of wood, and their right index finger contacted a moving blade. The finger was amputated at the lower knuckle. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Boring, planing, milling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high