Incident date: 2016-05-12
NAICS industry code: 339920

An employee was trying to clear a piece of jammed wood from a machine. The machine was running at the time. The employee's hand was exposed to the point of operation, lacerating the middle finger, which had to be amputated at the middle joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high