Incident date: 2016-02-19
NAICS industry code: 337122

On February 19, 2016, at approximately 8:15 a.m., an employee was cutting 6-foot lengths of fiberboard down to 43 inches using a miter saw. While holding the material with her left hand, she used her right hand to lower the blade of the saw. The blade made contact with and amputated her left thumb tip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high