Incident date: 2017-08-23
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee operating a resaw attempted to pull a stick from a chain driving the saw. The chain caught his glove, pulling his right hand into the sprocket and chain and amputating his right index fingertip. The chain was unguarded at the time.

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