Incident date: 2015-09-24
NAICS industry code: 337212

An employee was cutting material with a double miter saw. While attempting to clear a piece of material from under the machine's housing, her left hand contacted the saw blade, amputating her finger at the second knuckle.

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