Incident date: 2016-10-06
NAICS industry code: 322219

On 10/6/16, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee was operating a compound miter box saw to cut cardboard tubes. The saw kicked upward, pulling her right arm into the blade and lacerating the right bicep. The saw was guarded at the time.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate