Incident date: 2019-05-30
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was cutting aluminum with a miter saw when their left index finger was pinched by the plate of the miter saw. The finger was medically amputated at the first 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