Incident date: 2017-07-12
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was cutting an aluminum handrail bracket with a miter saw when the blade lacerated the area between the fingernail and knuckle of his right pointer finger. He was hospitalized.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate