Incident date: 2019-10-29
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee attempted to remove a board that was jammed in the entrance of the gang saw. On the third attempt to remove the board, the employee's arm contacted the planer head of the gang saw resulting in amputation of the right arm below the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high