Incident date: 2016-02-12
NAICS industry code: 423310

On February 12, 2016, an employee cutting wood was brushing sawdust away from the chop saw's cutting surface when the chop saw blade caught the employee's glove and pulled the employee's hand toward it. The employee's right thumb was amputated.

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