Incident date: 2023-09-25
NAICS industry code: 236220

Two employees were feeding sheets of foam insulation through a table saw. One employee was pushing and one employee was pulling. The injured employee was at the front of the table saw, pushing the material through the saw, when the blade caused amputations to the ring finger and thumb on his right hand.

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), unspecified
severity: high