Incident date: 2024-01-14
NAICS industry code: 321992

On January 14, 2024, an employee was using a wood splitter to split pieces of wood when his left middle finger was pinched between the splitting ram and the wood block, resulting in a fingertip amputation just below the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high