Incident date: 2015-03-23
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee turned on a chop saw, but it did not start running. The injured employee came over to inspect the saw. He opened the panel and reached in to grab the belt when the belt moved, pulling his right thumb into the flywheel. Approximately a half inch of the right thumb tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
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