Incident date: 2017-07-14
NAICS industry code: 922140

An employee was pulling scrap from a beam saw when the compressor/die came down and crushed his left ring fingertip between pieces of wood. As he pulled his hand back, his fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
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