Incident date: 2016-12-02
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was using a 12-inch miter saw to chop scrap wood from 4-foot to 2-foot pieces when the saw amputated his left index finger between the first and second digit.

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