Incident date: 2017-05-02
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was helping a chip saw operator clear the chip saw when he placed his right hand on the cutting head machine. The machine then amputated his right index fingertip without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high