Incident date: 2021-03-10
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was running a jointer with gloves on when their right middle finger contacted the  interior portion of the jointer, causing a laceration on the finger that included tissue and bone. The employee was hospitalized and suffered a subsequent amputation between the top and middle joints of their finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high