Incident date: 2022-12-22
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was trimming wood pieces when they observed sawdust escaping from the crevices of the 24-inch jump saw. The employee was clearing the clogged sawdust at the machine's dust port when three fingers on their right hand were struck by the saw blade. The ring and little fingers were amputated and the middle finger was lacerated.

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