Incident date: 2020-05-13
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was using a grease gun to grease a wood chipper turret. The chipper was spun, and the employee's right index finger was pinched in a grease outlet hole on the chipper. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chippers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high