Incident date: 2019-05-14
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was using a saw and feeding a piece of material into the saw when she attempted to fix material that became dislodged. Her right ring finger was pinched/crushed by the feeding mechanism, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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