Incident date: 2019-06-11
NAICS industry code: 236116

An employee was cutting a wooden 2x4 using a hand-held circular saw and amputated his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high