Incident date: 2024-01-24
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using an overhead bridge crane to position a piece of steel on a band saw. The employee went to stabilize the piece when the hydraulic clamp closed on the employee's little finger. The finger was surgically amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary saws  band
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high