Incident date: 2016-07-08
NAICS industry code: 331491

An employee was brushing metal chips off a horizontal band saw when the saw blade amputated his index finger. The band saw was partially guarded and running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high