Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on January 8, 2013, Employee #1, a Mill Worker, was planning a piece of wood with a Planar at the jobsite. The employee was cutting lumber with an unguarded Oliver Planar (Model Number 199-73). A coworker was the Operator and was introducing the lumber into the planar, while Employee #1 was receiving the lumber once it exited. The coworker turned away to measure a piece of lumber which he was going to feed into the planar when Employee #1's gloved hand came into contact with the rotating blades of the unguarded planar. The employee's four fingers of his left hand were amputated. Employee #1 was transported to an area hospital, where he was treated and remains hospitalized.