Incident date: 2017-07-26
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was operating a miter saw and experienced kickback when the material became bound. The employee's fingers were thrust under the blade which resulted in the amputation of three fingers.

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