Incident date: 2024-08-06
NAICS industry code: 321912

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a resaw when the machine activated and a blade contacted their fingers. The employee sustained a partial amputation and multiple fingers were lacerated. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high