Incident date: 2016-02-23
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was using a pneumatic cut-off saw to cut a nail when the blade broke and amputated his left ring finger at the second knuckle. The saw was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high