Incident date: 2025-03-07
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was inside the saw box performing cleaning activities when the system was re-energized. The rollers activated, pulling the employee toward the saw blades. The employee was hospitalized with severe injuries including multiple lacerations, deep tissue damage, and fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Other multiple traumatic injuries  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate