Incident date: 2015-09-25
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee placing material on a cut-off (plate) saw was injured when the material caught his left pinky finger and pinched it between the housing of the saw and the material. The finger was surgically amputated.

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