Incident date: 2016-02-24
NAICS industry code: 113310

On February 24, 2016, at approximately 4:00 p.m., an employee placed a 64-inch post in the saw. The blade hit a knot in the post and pulled the employee's hand into the blade, amputating the left thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high