Incident date: 2022-04-07
NAICS industry code: 423860

Employees were troubleshooting a cut-off saw used in the lab. The saw was locked out, but the pneumatic hold-down vice of the saw was not. The vice actuated and caught a maintenance employee's finger resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high