Incident date: 2025-05-28
NAICS industry code: 321113

On May 28, 2025, an employee was working at the planer area of the mill. He turned off the planer machine and went to remove a piece of wood. The machine turned on and amputated the middle and ring fingers on his right hand. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high