Incident date: 2015-04-07
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was cutting a wooden 2-by-4 board.  As he cut close to his hand, the saw kicked back and pulled his gloved thumb into the blade, severely cutting his thumb just below the nail.

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