Incident date: 2024-04-25
NAICS industry code: 321920

Two employees were operating a self-fed planning machine to shape wood boards for headers used in manufacturing bourbon barrels. A board became jammed in the machine. The injured employee went to retrieve the jammed board and his right thumb contacted the planner head that was rotating at approximately 6,000 RPM. The employee's thumb was amputated. The machine was in manual mode and the guarding door was open at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Planing mills
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high