Incident date: 2016-03-15
NAICS industry code: 311611

While performing maintenance on a saw, an employee's left hand contacted the moving saw blade, resulting in a left-hand avulsion. The saw guard was not affixed properly at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Butchering machinery
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate