Incident date: 2024-10-19
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was investigating a saw blade that was not spinning. The employee was checking the tension chain when the motor activated and his left index finger was caught in the chain belt, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high