Incident date: 2015-06-02
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee sustained middle finger debriding on the left hand when he was engaged in changing the belt between the motor and the gearbox on the log deck and the belt became energized.  Lockout procedures were not initiated prior to maintenance work being conducted.  The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted for surgery to reattach skin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate