Incident date: 2024-11-01
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cutting 2x4 studs with a battery-powered circular saw when his left index finger was lacerated and required surgery resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Saws  except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high