Incident date: 2023-03-22
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was using a programmable automatic chop saw to cut lumber to size when the saw jammed. While working to clear the jam, the employee's right hand was caught by the machine guard resulting in amputations to their middle and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high