Incident date: 2016-02-15
NAICS industry code: 333924

An employee was cutting an angle on a small (5") piece of aluminum using a chop-saw. The material kicked upward and the employee's left thumb contacted the saw blade resulting in amputation of the thumb.

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