Incident date: 2017-12-08
NAICS industry code: 321992

An employee was feeding 2x4s into a pop-up saw by hand when his right hand contacted the blade, amputating his right thumb below the fingernail. The saw was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
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