Incident date: 2018-02-23
NAICS industry code: 336330

An employee suffered a finger laceration that resulted in amputation of the left middle finger while cutting a piece of wood using a table saw. The wood kicked back causing the finger to make contact with the saw blade.

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