Incident date: 2024-04-22
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was cleaning metal chips from a saw enclosure using a wet/dry vacuum when their right hand made contact with the rotating blade, resulting in the amputation of the index and middle fingers to the most proximal knuckle to the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high