Incident date: 2019-09-10
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee turned off the power to a chipper in order to change the blade. The employee then went to get tools. When he returned to the chipper, he checked to see if the blade had stopped spinning and his left ring finger became caught between the belt drive and sheave. He sustained a fingertip and fingernail amputation.

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