Incident date: 2017-04-27
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was tightening bolts on the back of a new blade for a wood chipper machine with an impact wrench when the employee's finger became caught between the blade and the washer on the back of the blade. The employee sustained amputation of the left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chippers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high