Incident date: 2024-03-14
NAICS industry code: 326191

An employee was cleaning saw dust off of a straight line rip saw after turning it off when his fingers contacted the blade that was still spinning, resulting in the amputations of the left middle and index fingertips to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other contact with non-running objects or equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Stationary saws  table
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high