Incident date: 2016-08-11
NAICS industry code: 238350

An employee was operating a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the wood became bound in the saw blade and kicked back, causing the employee's left thumb to contact the blade. The thumb tip was amputated with some bone loss.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high