Incident date: 2016-07-04
NAICS industry code: 326130

An employee was operating a chop saw on an extrusion line when the saw became jammed. As he attempted to clear the jam, the saw amputated his left-hand ring finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high