Incident date: 2018-11-08
NAICS industry code: 326150

At 11:00 a.m. on November 8, 2018, an employee was feeding an HDPE plastic lumber panel into a self-feeding table saw. The scrap piece being cut off the panel kicked back at the employee, striking him in the hand and chest and breaking his left ring finger. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate