Incident date: 2016-11-19
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was operating a radial arm saw when a piece of wood became caught in the travel slot behind the saw blade. When the employee attempted to remove it, the blade lacerated his right index finger. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Arm saws, radial arm saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high