Incident date: 2015-12-08
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was attempting to dislodge a small piece of stock that remained in an automated horizontal band saw's cutting area after the initial cut was made. He contacted the cutting portion of the blade during the upward stroke, lacerating his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate