Incident date: 2016-03-25
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee was manually feeding 2x4 wood members into a saw when wood cutoffs began interfering with the machine's operation. While attempting to rearrange the wood cutoff debris, his left hand contacted the rotating 10-inch sawblade, amputating one finger and injuring two others.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high