Incident date: 2022-10-05
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of polystyrene foam when the rotating portion of the saw pulled her glove into the saw. The employee sustained a one-eighth- to one-quarter-inch amputation to her right middle finger.

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