Incident date: 2023-03-28
NAICS industry code: 321911

On March 28, 2023, at approximately 12:15 p.m., an employee was cutting a window radius casing with a custom radius saw when the saw kicked back, causing the employee's right hand to contact the saw blade. The employee's right index finger was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
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