Incident date: 2016-06-29
NAICS industry code: 332710

Two employees were manually handling two pieces of 3" x 3" x 3/8" angle iron that were 20-feet long, attempting to get the pieces on a band saw. As the employees moved the angle iron onto the saw, the injured employee's right pinky finger was caught between the angle iron and the saw table, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high