Incident date: 2017-11-02
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was assembling a log splitter. He was putting on a sling choker for a log splitter beam when another beam rolled forward and severely cut and crushed his right finger between the two beams. The last digit of his right finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high