Incident date: 2021-10-05
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee was operating an edge bander. As he tried to remove some material, the blade caught his left thumb just below the nail. He suffered an amputation to the thumb.

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: high