Incident date: 2017-10-04
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a chop saw to cut a 1 x 4 piece of wood. The employee held the plastic guard of the chop saw with his left hand and pulled the saw down with his right hand. He put pressure on the guard which resulted in the saw cutting the guard and lacerating his left hand.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate