Incident date: 2023-10-25
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was cutting baseboards using a miter saw when their left thumb was cut, severing a tendon. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate