Incident date: 2016-02-11
NAICS industry code: 331512

An employee was cutting castings off of trees with a saw when the sawblade caught or broke and pulled his hand into the blade.  His right-hand ring finger was amputated, and the back of his hand was lacerated.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high