Incident date: 2015-01-14
NAICS industry code: 321113

A piece of wood was jammed in the splitter. The employee tried to unjam it by crawling up onto the machine before the saw had stopped. Somehow his thigh came into contact with the saw. The saw was idling down after being turned off.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate