Incident date: 2022-01-11
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was cutting plywood on a table saw. Near the end of a cut, the plywood bound between the blade and the fence. The board kicked and threw the employee's hand into the blade. The employee suffered amputations of the index and middle fingers and lacerations to the other fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Table saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high