Incident date: 2022-02-21
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was lining up angle steel on a saw for cutting. The steel rolled when the saw blade grabbed it and pinched the employee's right middle and ring fingertips against the saw bed, causing amputations to both.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high