Incident date: 2018-01-16
NAICS industry code: 321212

An employee was raking wood debris from the floor of a step feeder while a second employee was on top of the step feeder using a picaroon to unplug wood from an opening that was full of debris. A piece of wood fell 10 feet through the opening and struck the first employee's left pinky finger, amputating it behind the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high