Incident date: 2017-05-17
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was cutting a board on a table saw when the board kicked back, causing the employee's finger to contact the rotating saw blade. The employee suffered a severe laceration through the knuckle of the fifth finger.

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