Incident date: 2024-05-16
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was unjamming crooked logs, slipped on wet metal tracks, and fell backward into a 58" diameter saw blade that was rotating at 840 revolutions per minute. The employee sustained an amputation of his left arm, just above the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
code_source: title: Source, secondary source  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: high