Incident date: 2017-12-21
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee used a chop saw to cut an aluminum channel and then turned off the saw. His hand was near the winding down blade when it caught his glove and pulled his hand into the saw, cutting his thumb. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate