Incident date: 2015-06-24
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was placing brush at the table side of a wood chipper when a piece of wood struck his hand, crushing it at the chipper-side locking mechanism and causing a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high