Incident date: 2024-03-11
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was clearing a jam in the planer when his hand got pulled through the outfeed roller, resulting in lacerations to his right forearm and hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate