Incident date: 2020-06-05
NAICS industry code: 321212

On June 5, 2020, an employee was straightening a sheet of veneer from the out-feed of a dryer machine. The employee's left hand and glove were caught in a chain and sprocket in the machine, causing amputations to his left little, ring, and middle fingers at the first joint and his right index fingertip above the first joint.

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