Incident date: 2016-07-18
NAICS industry code: 316213

An employee was preparing to cleanout a planer. He removed the exhaust chute and reached into the machine while the planer blades were still coasting resulting in the amputation of the left ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high