Incident date: 2018-07-23
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was showing an apprentice how to lock down the metal to a cut-off saw machine when the machine was engaged as he was placing his right index finger on a slot. His finger was caught between the slot and the machine's chain, resulting in the amputation of his right index fingertip without bone loss.

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