Incident date: 2018-10-10
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was using a screwdriver to remove a stick jammed in a descrambler chain. The screwdriver kicked out and the employee's thumb entered the chain area, causing a laceration and amputation injury to the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high