Incident date: 2019-12-12
NAICS industry code: 541320

An employee of Andino's Landscape was working on bar countertop trim using a 7.5-inch circular saw. He was cutting a piece of trim on a balcony. The sawblade made contact with the guardrail, causing the saw to kick back and contact the employee's left index finger. The finger was amputated.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high