Incident date: 2018-01-31
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was greasing the bearing on a wood chipper when his left hand was caught in the fan, amputating four fingers. The wood chipper was running and the fan was unguarded at the time.

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