Incident date: 2018-03-14
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was pushing a piece of stock through a double miter saw when the stock stopped. The employee's left hand continued to move forward and went under the guard, contacting the two 12-inch saw blades. The employee's left middle and pointer fingers were amputated.

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