Incident date: 2025-01-14
NAICS industry code: 624190

An employee was using a table saw to cut a 1-inch x 1-inch board down to 1/2-inch to make repairs to a closet in an apartment unit. While cutting/feeding the wood through the saw, the edge of his right middle finger caught on the saw blade, resulting in an amputation.

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