Incident date: 2018-08-24
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was operating a joiner saw. While the employee was pushing a board on the saw, the employee's left hand slipped into the guard and touched the blade, which amputated the middle fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high