Incident date: 2022-05-02
NAICS industry code: 333515

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut an aluminum bar. The bar was not feeding correctly. The employee was removing built-up aluminum chips when the saw blade cut down and partially amputated the employee's left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high