Incident date: 2018-05-14
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was operating a vertical splitter to split logs and was holding the log on the top. As he depressed the foot pedal, the blades came down and amputated a portion of his right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high