Incident date: 2015-10-27
NAICS industry code: 321113

Four employees were preparing to change a head saw blade.  One employee shut the head saw down and while the blade was still rotating another employee opened a door on the backside of the head saw.  That employee reached inside the door with his right hand and his arm was struck by the saw blade amputating the lower arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high