Incident date: 2023-12-12
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was flush-cutting the stump of an ash tree. As the employee moved a block of wood, his right ring finger was pinched between it and another block of wood. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high