Incident date: 2022-03-15
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was overseeing the operation of a sawmill wood chipper. As he tried to unjam a piece of wood in the chipper, the piece dislodged and caught his left hand against the upper side of the chipper mouth. His little finger was medically amputated.

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