Incident date: 2022-08-31
NAICS industry code: 561730

On August 31, 2022, an employee was pushing a piece of wood through a wood chipper. His left thumb was caught and crushed between the wood and the chipper; he suffered a partial amputation to the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Chippers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high