Incident date: 2016-05-17
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was observing maintenance being performed on the head of a planer when his left hand contacted the planer head, amputating his left ring finger at the first joint.

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