Incident date: 2018-12-07
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was placing a board on a chop saw and lost their footing. The employee extended their left arm to regain balance and contacted the rotating blade of the chop saw resulting in an injury to the left middle finger. The end of the finger had to be medically amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high