Incident date: 2017-12-04
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was cleaning a steel plate saw's chip chute when his right ring finger was caught and amputated between the clamp and the chip chute. The saw was running 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high