Incident date: 2022-06-24
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was working at a pallet-nailing machine. As he tried to unstick a pallet stringer that would not feed through, the machine was reversed and the board moved backward. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the board and a machine cover, and the fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high