Incident date: 2018-12-03
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was cutting 4x4x15 pieces of steel on a wall saw. While positioning the steel, the employee's right hand was pinched between the hydraulic clamp and the steel. The right pinky was degloved up to the second knuckle. The employee required a medical amputation of the pinky just below the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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