Incident date: 2023-04-10
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee was cleaning glue off of a jammed edge bander when their hand slid off and impacted the rotating trimming blade. The employee sustained avulsions to the left ring and middle fingers that required medical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
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