Incident date: 2018-10-03
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was trying to remove a piece of lumber from a web saw. The saw blade kicked the lumber back, pulling the employee's middle finger toward the fixed guard and amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high