Incident date: 2020-01-03
NAICS industry code: 333243

An employee was using a planer when it became jammed. He was attempting to unjam the equipment when his right hand made contact with the top of the planer head, amputating his fingers and mangling his hand. The planer was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high