Incident date: 2022-08-08
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cutting an 8-by-4-foot piece of plywood with a portable handsaw when the saw blade contacted his left hand, resulting in amputation of the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Saws-power not determined
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high