Incident date: 2022-12-15
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was feeding a piece of lumber onto a machine when the lumber kicked back, striking his fingertips between another piece of lumber. His right index fingertip was amputated and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high