Incident date: 2024-12-16
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was observing the grade chain line moving lumber. He activated the emergency stop button with his right hand and went to turn the lumber with his left hand. A piece of 6 x 6 lumber crushed his left little finger resulting in partial amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Conveyors belt, slot, chain
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high