Incident date: 2017-04-06
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was inspecting a guide box outside of the millhouse when he attempted to pull a 20-pound pin on the guide box. His left hand was then caught and crushed between the pin handle and the box, and his left index, middle, and ring fingers had to be surgically amputated above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high