Incident date: 2015-09-01
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was operating a chop saw to cut pieces of aluminum. He was holding a piece of aluminum in place while making a cut when his right-hand thumb contacted the saw blade. He suffered a partial amputation of the thumb.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high