Incident date: 2023-01-19
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was placing a new sawblade onto a band saw. As the employee was assisting to spin the band wheel so the safe edge could be removed, their left middle finger was pinched between the sawblade and band wheel, resulting in amputation of 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