Incident date: 2017-12-01
NAICS industry code: 332710

On December 1, 2017, at 1:40 p.m., an employee was cutting stock metal with a horizontal metal band saw. He attempted to align the stock metal and his hand was caught and drawn into the band saw blade, severing the three outer fingers of his right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high