Incident date: 2018-04-06
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was operating a wood notching machine (notcher) when the blades or delta heads of the notcher amputated three of his right middle fingers. The blades were unguarded and the machine was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Boring, routing, notching machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high