Incident date: 2015-11-19
NAICS industry code: 337110

On November 19, 2015, an employee was using a hand held air blower to clean wood chips off a shaper table while the cutter head was running. The employee's hand made contact with the cutting head, amputating the right index finger and severely lacerating the right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high