Incident date: 2017-08-25
NAICS industry code: 238330

An employee was cutting lumber with a rough knot saw. The employee was moving planks of wood from a roller when the saw was activated. The saw's guard came down just before the saw blade came up, and the employee's right index and middle fingertips were amputate by the blade or the moving guard.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high