Incident date: 2025-01-27
NAICS industry code: 321920

On January 27, 2025, an employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to create panels. He used a circular saw to cut the edge of a panel and his gloved right hand was caught by the saw blade. The employee sustained partial amputation of the thumb, a laceration to the index finger, and a fractured little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Saws  except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high