Incident date: 2018-11-14
NAICS industry code: 321113

On 11/14/18, at approximately 12:15 PM, an employee was using a foot-operated vertical splitter to re-split firewood logs when the blades struck the employee's right thumb, resulting in an amputation above the first knuckle.

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