Incident date: 2016-08-22
NAICS industry code: 333220

While using a table saw to cut down plastic parts, the tip of an employee's glove was caught by the saw pulling the employee's thumb into the saw and removing the flesh from the very tip of the right thumb. No bone was removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Table saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high