Incident date: 2018-11-16
NAICS industry code: 321992

An employee was cutting a board on a rip saw while using a push stick.  The board kicked back during cutting and the employee's left hand was drawn into the saw.  The employee suffered an amputation of the thumb, and partial amputations of the pointer and middle fingers on his left hand.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high