Incident date: 2020-03-24
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee had grabbed jammed boards at the outfeed of a splitter box when the machine's feed rolls were reversed. The employee's left-hand fingers made contact with the press rolls, resulting in cuts and an amputation of the first joint of the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
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