Incident date: 2015-06-17
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee splitting firewood with a hydraulic log-splitter received an amputation to the left index fingertip while attempting to adjust a log in the splitter.

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: high