Incident date: 2019-09-16
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was attempting to unjam a saw when his left hand touched the rotating blade, lacerating his hand and little finger. As a result, his little finger had to be medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high