Incident date: 2017-03-01
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was using a chop saw to cut a pipe. The pipe was wet and his hand slipped from the pipe up into the saw blade. The employee's left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle and the left middle finger was lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
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