Incident date: 2024-10-30
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was operating a lumber stacker machine when it jammed. The employee went underneath to pull the fencing barrier guard to access the equipment and then pulled the chain on the tilt hoist. The hoist came down on his hand. The employee sustained an amputation of the left thumb to the first knuckle and the middle and ring fingertips. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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