Incident date: 2024-02-16
NAICS industry code: 321911

An employee was cutting wooden trim on a saw. While the employee was positioning the trim, the actuator bar was activated. A clamp closed on the employee's left hand and amputated the employee's middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high