Incident date: 2018-09-10
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was using a circular hand saw to trim the edge of a pallet when the saw jumped back and cut the employee across the left hand, amputating three of his fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high