Incident date: 2020-04-01
NAICS industry code: 327420

At about 10:50 a.m. on April 1, 2020, four employees were trying to unjam a sheet of drywall that was stuck in a kiln dryer. One of the employees was pulling on the sheet when it moved, causing the drive belt and assembly to rotate and pin his left hand. The pad of his middle finger was cut off to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Kilns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high