Incident date: 2015-07-22
NAICS industry code: 238310

On or about 7/22/2015, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee was using a shear saw to cut fiberglass blocks when the employee's finger contacted the saw blade.  The employee had four fingers on one hand amputated and three fingers on the other hand amputated. The employee was hospitalized.

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