Incident date: 2022-10-04
NAICS industry code: 336214

An employee was working in the cabinet shop cutting cleats with a chop saw when his hand contacted the chop saw. The employee was hospitalized; he sustained a partial amputation to his right 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), unspecified
severity: high