Incident date: 2024-01-19
NAICS industry code: 331318

A maintenance employee was attaching a piece of foam in the hood of a finishing saw. The hood lowered and the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the hood and the table resulting in a fracture and laceration. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate