Incident date: 2016-04-20
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee was preparing to change a table saw's blade. Before doing so, he cut another piece of wood. As he finished cutting the board, the lumber shifted and his left hand was caught in the blade, amputating the last three fingertips on his left hand. The saw's automatic feed guard was removed at the time of the incident.

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