Incident date: 2023-01-19
NAICS industry code: 321211

An employee was putting logs on the deck from his front-end loader when he noticed a problem. The employee went to clear the clean-out chute in the sawmill debarker area when the machine was activated. His right thumb became caught in the drive chain, resulting in an amputation to the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high