Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee was using a log processor to cut a log. He tried to support a cut piece of log with his hand when the weight of the log pushed his hand into the log splitter's blade, resulting in the amputation of his left hand at the wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high