Incident date: 2017-09-18
NAICS industry code: 337122

An employee used a push-stick in his right hand to push a piece of soft wood through a wood jointer to remove a 1/8 inch of wood from the board. He was using his left hand to guide the board through the jointer when his left-hand fingers came in contact with the jointer blade. The jointer blade completely amputated four fingers and partially amputated another finger. The jointer was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high