Incident date: 2017-04-09
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was operating a cut-off bar saw when a counterweight that keeps the saw elevated broke, causing the saw blade to come down on and partially amputate his left thumb and left index and middle fingers.

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