Incident date: 2018-01-22
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was using a pick-axe to unjam lumber (approximately 192 lbs.) from a machine when the lumber slipped and pinned his left pinky finger between the edge of the board and another board. His finger was pinched off below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high