Incident date: 2024-04-18
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was wiping a metal pipe with a shop towel as the pipes were being cut. The towel was caught by the blade and the employee's right hand was pulled into the saw resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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