Incident date: 2024-07-11
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was putting the chain back on the sprocket of a saw when the engine started. The employee's middle and ring fingers were amputated to the top knuckle.

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