Incident date: 2024-08-12
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was operating an upcut saw and preparing to make a cut when the blade raised and amputated their left thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high