Incident date: 2018-05-22
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee replaced the tape on a part that was going through a guillotine saw cutter. Afterward, the part would not come through the machine properly. As she was checking on the part, the saw blade came down and amputated her right index finger. The saw cutter 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