Incident date: 2023-05-12
NAICS industry code: 423990

On May 12, 2023, an employee was repairing a wood chipper. They were using a come-along to turn the drum to clean out the wood debris with a blower. The employee's foot was caught and crushed by the drum and duct inside the wood chipper. The employee suffered amputations to two toes and was hospitalized.

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: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high