Incident date: 2022-03-14
NAICS industry code: 333249

On March 14, 2022, an employee was checking a suspected vacuum leak on a CNC saw machine. The employee's left hand contacted a moving saw blade, resulting in an amputation to the index finger at the last knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high