Incident date: 2015-03-10
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was working on a pallet dismantler machine when he reached his right hand into the machine to remove a piece of wood that was causing a jam. The tip of the employee's right thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high