Incident date: 2023-03-06
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was gathering wood that was cut by the end trimming machine and stacking it on a nearby pallet when their finger was caught in a chain and sprocket of a wood-conveying machine. The employee sustained a left index finger amputation from the tip to below the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high