Incident date: 2024-03-28
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was putting smaller pieces of wood in the waste chute at the outfeed of the gang saw. Their right index fingertip was pinched between the press roll and boards, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high