Incident date: 2021-06-08
NAICS industry code: 541320

An employee was feeding logs into a wood chipper when a log stopped the blade. While unjamming the chipper, the employee's right hand was caught between the log and chipper chute and his middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Chippers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high