Incident date: 2024-02-10
NAICS industry code: 321219

An employee was helping to clear a jam in a second pass saw located on a coating line. The employee's right middle finger got caught in the machine's drive chain and sprocket, resulting in a laceration and amputation.

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