Incident date: 2025-03-26
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was using a compound miter saw to cut 3/8" molding. As the saw slowed, the saw caught onto a piece of molding and pulled the employee's left middle finger into the blade, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high