Incident date: 2017-06-01
NAICS industry code: 238340

An employee was cutting a piece of wood flooring on a table saw when the blade caught the board and pulled his left hand toward the blade, amputating his middle fingertip to the knuckle. The saw was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Table saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high