Incident date: 2017-02-06
NAICS industry code: 336612

An employee was operating a band saw when a piece of wood became caught and kicked back, causing the employee's hand to enter the point of operation. The employee suffered a laceration to the right hand between the third and little fingers, requiring surgery.

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), except finger(s)
severity: moderate