Incident date: 2023-09-25
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was monitoring the flow of lumber into the edger and straightening cants/lumber for proper infeed when his hand was struck by a cant. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high