Incident date: 2017-06-27
NAICS industry code: 423390

An employee was moving a chop saw when he contacted the trigger and activated the saw, which was still plugged in. The saw blade then amputated his left ring finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
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