Incident date: 2016-02-15
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was operating a table saw cutting lumber. A piece of the wood that he was cutting kicked back causing the employee to lose his balance.  His right middle finger struck the saw blade resulting in the loss of bone to the right middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Table saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high