Incident date: 2018-09-11
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee picked up a portable bandsaw. It activated and its blade touched his right hand, amputating the little finger up to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high