Incident date: 2019-01-18
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was in a wood shop, using a table-mounted radial arm saw to cut wood for pallets. As he turned after deactivating the saw, the saw blade cut his finger, causing an amputation. The part of the blade that cut him was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Arm saws, radial arm saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high