Incident date: 2022-08-25
NAICS industry code: 321920

A temporary employee was setting up material to be cut on a panel beam saw when the clamping mechanism came down on his right hand, causing the blade to cut his fingers. The employee sustained amputations to his right index finger, middle finger, and ring 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high