Incident date: 2023-07-06
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was using a chop saw to cut a one-eighth inch wire cable. The wire became entangled with the saw and the cable was pulled in. The employee's fingers were caught in the cable, resulting in partial amputations to the left index, ring, and little finger.

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