Incident date: 2017-09-11
NAICS industry code: 321212

On September 11, 2017, an employee was reinstalling a carriage in a lathe that cuts logs into veneer when a manual chain hoist that was stabilizing the pressure roll slipped. His right arm was then pinched between the top and bottom of the lathe.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Woodworking lathes
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate