Incident date: 2017-05-16
NAICS industry code: 561210

An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum angle iron with a chop saw when the saw caught the piece and pulled it out of place. The angle iron piece then cut and amputated the employee's right index finger at or above the second knuckle. The chop saw was guarded at the time.

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