Incident date: 2024-05-16
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was using a saw to cut square steel tubing. He pulled a cut tube toward himself to ensure it was cut. Another tube came through and crushed his left ring and little fingers against the side of the machine. Both fingers were medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high