Incident date: 2017-02-24
NAICS industry code: 326150

An employee was operating a foot saw. The employee reached under the machine in order to clear a jam and her thumb was caught in an unguarded chain and sprocket causing an amputation of her left thumb to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high