Incident date: 2020-07-16
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was making cuts on a 20-inch long piece of material using a radial arm saw. One of the pieces cut crooked. The employee went to even the cut and the blade caused a severe laceration to his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Arm saws, radial arm saws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate