Incident date: 2021-04-23
NAICS industry code: 321918

After an employee turned on a finger joint machine and a clamp cylinder, the employee's right hand was caught by the lumber clamp in the machine's operating area. He suffered broken bones in the palm of the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate