Incident date: 2025-03-20
NAICS industry code: 321113

On March 20, 2025, an employee was conducting preventative maintenance and visual inspection of the chains in the bark hog waste chain area. They became caught between the bark incline chain and the sprocket while clearing a stick, resulting in amputation of their right forearm at the elbow. The machine was energized at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: high