Incident date: 2016-02-23
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was reaching for a 2x4 board while working with the planer in-feed table. The employee's right thumb went through a 1.5-inch gap in the guarding and was caught between the tipple chain and sprocket, amputating the first digit of the right thumb.

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