Incident date: 2018-09-05
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee was operating an automated linear saw and trying to reposition a board that was being fed into the saw when her finger became caught between the board and the guard of the machine, resulting in the amputation of her left index fingertip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high