Incident date: 2023-12-07
NAICS industry code: 326150

An employee was cutting thick floor tape with a chop saw. When the chop saw came down, the blade pulled the tape and the employee's thumb in, amputating his thumb at the nail bed.

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: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high