Incident date: 2024-09-04
NAICS industry code: 238350

An employee was operating a pocket cutter machine that creates a pocket on the underside of wooden material for future screw installation. The employee operated the machine by foot control and the machine's clamping device (designed to apply pressure on top of the wood to hold in place), contacted the employee's right index fingertip resulting in amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high