Incident date: 2020-08-11
NAICS industry code: 337125

An employee was lining up a piece of product to cut using an upcut saw when the foot pedal was engaged while the employee's thumb was still on the product, leading to an amputation of the left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high