Incident date: 2016-07-28
NAICS industry code: 531120

An employee was using a miter saw. As he pulled the miter saw blade down to make a cut, his thumb was in the path of the blade and was amputated below the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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