Incident date: 2019-11-27
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was cutting down trim kit pieces with a mitre saw. The employee was holding the board in place when the blade came down. The board kicked back and pulled his left hand into the table, amputating his index finger (at the second knuckle) and the tips of his middle and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high