Incident date: 2018-02-19
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was operating an industrial band saw that is equipped with a hydraulic pipe clamp when his hand was caught between the clamp and the pipe he was cutting. His two left middle fingers were amputated. The band saw was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high