Incident date: 2020-05-13
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was cutting trim on a miter saw when her finger contacted the blade. She sustained a deep laceration with an open fracture to the right second finger. The finger was surgically amputated at the hospital.

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