Incident date: 2024-06-10
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was removing veneer from a composer machine using a pipe pole. The employee made contact with the blade in the machine, which partially amputated the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Boring, planing, milling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high