Incident date: 2015-09-28
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was using a saw table to trim and cut lumber boards. While attempting to grab the cut lumber under the table, the employee hit the foot pedal. The saw blade activated and amputated his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Table saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high