Incident date: 2015-07-07
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was using a Skilsaw to cut wood to form a sidewalk. The wood got caught in the saw and pulled the employee's hand into the saw. The employee's left thumb was cut off at the first knuckle.

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