Incident date: 2024-05-01
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was cutting wood with a table saw when the stock material bound up on the saw blade and their left hand made contact with the saw blade. They sustained partial amputations of their index and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Stationary saws  table
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high