Incident date: 2015-01-29
NAICS industry code: 321113

Employee used his hands to straighten and pull boards toward himself in the trough of the trim saw. His finger was caught between two boards coming down the chains, amputating the top of the ring finger of his left hand. He lost flesh and the bone will be cut off.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high