Incident date: 2018-12-18
NAICS industry code: 423320

An employee had been using a stone saw to cut granite countertops. After making a cut, the employee used a suction cup to pull a cut countertop toward them. The material dropped onto the table, and the employee's left thumb was caught between the two objects. The thumb was amputated from the first knuckle down.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Stone, marble, granite slabs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high