Incident date: 2019-03-20
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was ripping plywood into 2 1/2" strips with a table saw. He was toward the end of his rip cut when the blade hit a knot. His push stick and his right hand were pulled into the blade. He suffered cuts to the thumb and index, middle, and ring fingers; the index finger was cut through and had to be amputated at the second joint from the tip.

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