Incident date: 2022-09-27
NAICS industry code: 561910

On September 27, 2022, an employee was using a radial arm saw to cut a board. As he was pulling the sawblade across the board, the blade injured his left arm. His hand was medically amputated above the wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Arm saws, radial arm saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: high