Incident date: 2015-03-26
NAICS industry code: 336214

An employee in the wood department was cutting a small rip on a table saw when the employee's right pinky finger was severed and three other fingers were lacerated; the right pinky finger was surgically amputated. At the time of the incident, no push stick was used and the guard was not in place.

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