Incident date: 2024-05-30
NAICS industry code: 335314

An employee was cutting a long piece of wood on a table saw in the maintenance shop. The wood kicked back, causing the employee's left hand to contact the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to their thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Stationary saws  table
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high