Incident date: 2024-02-16
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was helping repair a sawmill trimmer. The employee transferred a pry bar from their right hand to their left hand, then turned, at which point the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched between the pry bar and a saw box. The fingertip was crushed at the nailbed, but not fractured; the employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate