Incident date: 2016-04-14
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was using a saw to cut the window meeting rail when the saw guard activated and came down on the employee's right thumb, trapping it between the guard and the work table. A coworker came over and tried to help him unpin his thumb. When his coworker grabbed the saw, the sawblade activated and amputated the tip of the employee's trapped right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high