Incident date: 2024-05-24
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was doing a quality check on the sizer machine after finishing a set up when some wood got stuck. His thumb also got stuck and he sustained an amputation of the right thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high