Incident date: 2016-03-28
NAICS industry code: 321212

An employee was repairing a debarker machine. The arm of the machine was loosened and fell on the employee's hand fracturing a finger and injuring a tendon that required surgery to repair.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Log processing machinery
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate