Incident date: 2015-07-27
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was using a portable chop saw at a customer's house. The guard got hung up as the saw was raised, and the saw blade severely lacerated and broke bones in the employee's left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate