Incident date: 2019-08-07
NAICS industry code: 532120

An employee was operating a trim saw to trim boards to length. He fed the board material into the discharge side of the saw at which time his glove was caught on the chain conveyor, pulling his hand into the blade. The index finger and ring finger on his right hand were severed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high