Incident date: 2016-05-05
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was loading logs and brush into the chipper and received a partial amputation after their finger was caught between the side of a chipper and a log that became dislodged.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Logs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high