Incident date: 2018-01-05
NAICS industry code: 321999

On January 5, 2018, at approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee was attempting to unjam a board from a machine when the employee made contact with the hogger head wheel, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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