Incident date: 2024-10-28
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was working on the production line to  flip cants.  Cants are large square blocks of wood that can vary in length and width and are produced at the beginning of the cutting process when a log goes through the mill before being cut to specific lumber dimensions. The employee was flipping the wood so that the live edge is facing up when it goes into the next phase of cutting. This is done by manually rotating the block of wood on the conveyor. The employee s left hand was pinched between the wood and the metal portion of the conveyor resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high