Incident date: 2022-08-11
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was cutting wooden 2x4 wedges to raise and support a concrete pad form. The employee was supporting a 2x4 on the edge of a sawhorse. While using a circular saw with their right hand, the employee's left glove got caught in the circular saw, resulting in an amputation to their little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high