Incident date: 2019-04-05
NAICS industry code: 321920

On April 5, 2019, an employee was feeding the edger machine when a board jammed. After clearing the jam, the employee proceeded to operate the machine when a board kicked back and struck the  employee in the abdomen. The injury required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate