Incident date: 2022-03-08
NAICS industry code: 321213

An employee had just cleaned the vacuum on a compound miter saw. About to cut lumber, the employee put his hand behind the blade to check if the vacuum was working. The saw activated and the blade caused an amputation to his left little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high