Incident date: 2025-06-10
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cutting 2-by-4 lumber with a battery-powered circular saw. The spinning saw blade penetrated the lumber and cut into the bottom of his left ring finger at the first joint. He suffered a partial amputation from the first knuckle joint to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Saws  except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high