Incident date: 2016-03-18
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was operating an up-cut saw. As he was putting a piece of wood in the saw, his left foot stepped on the foot pedal and cycled the machine. The saw blade amputated his right ring fingertip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high