Incident date: 2025-01-08
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was cutting 4-by-4 lumber to frame a basement ceiling system using a compound miter saw. A piece of the lumber bucked and the employee's thumb was pulled into the blade. Part of the thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high