Incident date: 2021-08-23
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was cutting a block of wood with a saw when the wood block pinched and the saw went across the employee's right hand, resulting in a laceration and a subsequent amputation of the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high