Incident date: 2024-04-10
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was cutting metal channeling on a portable bandsaw when the blade moved across the metal and contacted their left index finger, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Saws  except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate