Incident date: 2025-06-04
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was moving a 32" x 96" piece of particle board from the vacuuming area to the stack of boards. His left middle finger became caught between the board and the stack as he was setting it down. The employee was hospitalized with the partial amputation of the finger requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Sheets, panels  wood, plywood, MDF
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high