Incident date: 2015-02-16
NAICS industry code: 444110

The employee was cutting blinds on the blinds cutter machine and then proceeded to remove product while the blade continued to turn. The employee's left hand index fingertip came in contact with the rotating blade and was amputated. The equipment was guarded. The employee had surgery and the fingertip was successfully reattached.

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