Incident date: 2023-05-27
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was operating lumber machinery when the blow pipe became clogged. The employee went to clear it by opening the flow meter. While removing the cover that acts as an air seal, their left middle, ring, and little fingers were amputated by the moving parts of the machine.

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