Incident date: 2019-08-29
NAICS industry code: 321992

An employee was operating a table saw. The employee hit the stop button and reached toward the machine to clear out some saw dust and debris. The blade had not stopped moving at the time and partially amputated the employee's right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Table saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high