Incident date: 2015-06-30
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was checking for proper alignment of the Hewsaw Machine. He placed his left hand by the saw box thereby crushing it and resulting in the amputation of his pointer and pinky fingers. He was taken to the hospital where he remained overnight for surgery to attach the fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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