Incident date: 2025-03-26
NAICS industry code: 332323

An employee was on a ladder cutting the wood at the top of a fence with a circular saw. The ladder shifted and when he went to catch himself, the saw cut his left thumb and index finger. The thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Saws  except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high