Incident date: 2018-01-18
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was moving a self-propelled wood splitting machine in the storage yard when the vertical splitter lowered on his right hand, crushing and breaking his index finger. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated. The machine was energized at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate