Incident date: 2024-09-27
NAICS industry code: 339950

An employee was using a double miter saw to cut aluminum extrusions when the material slipped off the edge and pushed the employee's left index finger into the blade. The finger was amputated past the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high