Incident date: 2015-07-20
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was holding a piece of lumber to cut it with a power saw when the saw kicked back and amputated the right pinky fingertip at the first knuckle.

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