Incident date: 2023-11-22
NAICS industry code: 321113

Two employees were working to unjam a piece of lumber (cant) that was stuck in a gang resaw. Sensors on the machine were activated, causing the air-actuated pressure rollers to come down on an employee's right arm, crushing it. The employee sustained multiple broken bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate