Incident date: 2023-03-23
NAICS industry code: 337215

On March 23, 2023, at approximately 9:00 AM, an employee was operating an automated saw. As the employee went to adjust the coolant sprayers, the rotating blades caught his glove and pulled his hand in, resulting in three left-hand finger amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high