Incident date: 2017-06-05
NAICS industry code: 321113

On June 5, 2017, an employee was picking up end pieces of lumber behind a 16-inch double-end trim saw and throwing them onto a conveyor that leads to a grinder when the employee's hand contacted the bottom side of the saw blade. The blade cut his pinky finger, which had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
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