Incident date: 2016-02-11
NAICS industry code: 333243

A worker was backing a log out of the mill when the log became jammed. When a maintenance employee attempted to push the log out with a block of wood, a chain amputated the maintenance employee's right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high