Incident date: 2016-11-02
NAICS industry code: 321213

An employee was attempting to dislodge a piece of veneer that was caught in a machine when her glove was pulled into the drive gears in the lower in-feed belt. Her right index finger was pinched and smashed by the drive gears. The machine was running and guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate