Incident date: 2018-01-09
NAICS industry code: 561730

The injured employee was attempting to unclog a brush chipper by placing his left hand on top of the cutting wheel and using his right hand to clear out the lower portion of the cutting wheel. The wheel cleared and started turning resulting in a left ring finger amputation just below the fingernail.

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