Incident date: 2022-02-08
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was using a circular saw to cut a two-by-four piece of lumber when the saw kicked out of the kerf and struck the employee's left index finger, resulting in a laceration and subsequent medical amputation at the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high