Incident date: 2015-07-08
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was cutting plywood with a skill saw. He was holding the plywood with his left hand. The saw kicked back, and the lower exposed blade amputated part of his left pinky fingertip and lacerated his ring 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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high