Incident date: 2018-05-07
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee was cutting wood with a radial saw when the wood became caught in the guard. He was trying to remove the wood when his left middle finger was amputated to the middle of the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Arm saws, radial arm saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high