Incident date: 2016-08-12
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was using a wood processor to process logs. The logs, which were being held down by a clamp, tipped, so the employee opened the processor screen. The clamp then came down and smashed his left-hand little finger. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high