Incident date: 2023-07-25
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was using a jointer machine to flatten a piece of apitong wood. About two inches into the cut, the wood kicked back and the employee's left hand contacted the cutting knives. The ring and middle fingers were amputated above the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high