Incident date: 2025-01-06
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a log splitter when his left hand was caught between the end of a log and the splitter, resulting in amputation of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high