Incident date: 2016-01-11
NAICS industry code: 337110

On or about January 11, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., an employee was operating a CNC saw and made a trim cut. When he tried to remove the scrap piece, the front-side pressure device activated and trapped his left pinky finger, avulsing part of the skin. He was hospitalized with a partial finger amputation.

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), unspecified
severity: moderate