Incident date: 2021-12-15
NAICS industry code: 624190

An employee was cutting PVC pipe using a miter saw. The saw cut the back part of his left thumb, causing the amputation of the last joint of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high