Incident date: 2024-07-03
NAICS industry code: 236220

On July 3, 2024, an employee was cutting a piece of metal on a band saw when the metal came loose from the vise on the saw and contacted their right hand. The employee sustained a laceration to their index finger and a fingertip amputation to the middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal building materials  unspecified form
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high