Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 326199

On August 20, 2025, an employee was adjusting the pneumatic saw stop on a saw in order to cut a piece of aluminum lineal to length. When she flipped the switch to secure the saw stop, her right middle fingertip was caught between the saw stop and the run-off backstop. The employee sustained a fractured fingertip and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate