Incident date: 2022-03-29
NAICS industry code: 333243

An employee was using a stationary jointer on a piece of wood. The employee's hands slipped off the wooden board, and the jointer's spinning cutters amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger, between the first and second joints.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high