Incident date: 2022-07-12
NAICS industry code: 321113

A planer operator was trying to unjam a piece of lumber from the planer's infeed side. The lumber kicked back and struck the operator's right index finger, fracturing and lacerating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate