Incident date: 2022-09-06
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was operating a quarter saw. As the employee adjusted a wooden work piece, the incline chain caught the employee's glove. The employee's left hand was pulled into the sprocket and chain, and the ring finger was amputated at the knuckle.

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