Incident date: 2025-05-31
NAICS industry code: 321113

The injured employee was training with another filer on how to change the knives on the chipper. They removed the pin from the chipper hood and engaged the pneumatic valve for the air cylinder to lift the hood. The injured employee's right hand was caught in the latch mechanism and his thumb was crushed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate