Incident date: 2023-08-09
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was using a permanently fixed defect saw to cut defects out of wood strips. The saw caught his shirt sleeves and pulled in his arm, causing the amputation of his right hand at the wrist.

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