Incident date: 2022-04-07
NAICS industry code: 321992

An employee was operating a cap saw when a block of wood became wedged between the saw blade and the conveyor. The employee turned the saw off and was reaching under the saw to remove it when the blade lacerated the employee's hand.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate