Incident date: 2021-07-21
NAICS industry code: 337122

On July 21, 2021, an employee was feeding reclaimed lumber into a wood jointer when his left ring finger contacted the machine's rotating cutter head, resulting in an amputation above the top knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high