Incident date: 2019-11-06
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was operating an edge banding machine. While cleaning out the build up of glue, wood dust, and cutting debris, his left hand contacted the rotating blades resulting in amputation of the middle and ring fingers at the second knuckle and the index finger at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high