Incident date: 2016-10-28
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was feeding wood into the chop saw. The employee's left thumb was amputated when the saw was activated. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident.

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