Incident date: 2023-02-17
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was moving a piece of bar material inside a hydraulic vise on a band saw machine. The switch was toggled closed, crushing the employee's left middle finger in the vise. The finger was amputated.

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