Incident date: 2024-07-03
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a chipper for landscaping debris when a log became jammed. The employee turned off the machine and was unjamming the log when the chipper blade contacted his left middle and ring fingers, partially amputating them.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Chippers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high