Incident date: 2022-10-26
NAICS industry code: 238350

An employee was working on a personal project during their break. The employee was cutting a piece of wood on a table saw. The saw jammed and the wood kicked back toward the employee's left hand causing their hand to contact the saw blade. The employee sustained a left index finger laceration and a left middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Table saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high