Incident date: 2017-04-07
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was using a saw to cut metal recreational vehicle parts. He was changing from cutting one type of part to another when he saw some of the old material inside the guard of the machine. As he attempted to remove the material, the saw blade amputated his left ring finger.

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