Incident date: 2023-02-22
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was clearing a jam of wooden boards in a pallet building machine when his finger was pinched against the moving bar and a stationary piece of metal. The employee sustained a left ring fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high