Incident date: 2019-05-20
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was loading a log onto a log splitter when the splitter was engaged and amputated the employee's right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high