Incident date: 2023-09-18
NAICS industry code: 922140

An employee was feeding a piece of wood into a planer when their hand contacted the blade, causing their left ring finger to get caught between the planer and wood. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high