Incident date: 2015-02-19
NAICS industry code: 321911

An employee was wearing gloves while operating a jointer. The glove on his right hand got caught between the fence on the machine and a piece of wood. The employee pulled his hand back before the guard could close, resulting in the amputation of approximately two-thirds of the little finger on his right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high