Incident date: 2023-08-30
NAICS industry code: 331419

An employee was operating a table saw to cut pieces of lumber measuring 2x2x36 inches. The blade contacted the employee's left thumb, cutting half of the distal phalange bone and amputating the thumb tip along the bottom of the fingernail.

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