Incident date: 2017-05-25
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was trying to remove a board that was lodged in the infeed of an edger when his right ring finger made contact with the cutter-head and was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high