Incident date: 2025-04-07
NAICS industry code: 238220

On April 7, 2025, an employee was cutting a fitting off fuel oil piping using a portable band saw. The fitting caught in the jaw of the blade and rotated his finger into the blade. The employee sustained a partial amputation to his left third finger, an avulsion, and a fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Saws  except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high