Incident date: 2024-09-27
NAICS industry code: 337212

An employee was ripping a 1/2-inch board on a table saw. As the drop piece fell, so did the push stick, and it was pulled into the blade along with the employee's right index finger. The employee's finger was partially amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary saws  table
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high