Incident date: 2024-06-20
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee was assembling a log splitter. While manually lowering parts into a horizontal position, the employee's finger became caught in a pinch point. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high