Incident date: 2024-02-29
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was greasing the log chain while walking on top of the logs. When the employee got to the log peeler, a sensor was triggered causing the equipment to move and amputate the employee's lower right leg. The equipment was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high