Incident date: 2016-06-28
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was cutting foam with a disc saw when he contacted the blade, injuring his left middle fingertip. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated. The saw was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high