Incident date: 2019-12-05
NAICS industry code: 444130

An employee had been cutting lumber when he bent down and used the saw table as a brace. His hand then came into contact with the saw blade, which was still de-energizing, resulting in the amputation of half of his ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high