Incident date: 2023-02-09
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was manually clearing a jam in the planer machine when the roller advanced and pinched the employee's right index and middle fingertips between the roller and the lumber board, resulting in amputations below the first knuckles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high