Incident date: 2025-05-07
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was using a band saw to cut 3-inch square tubing. He reached for steel tape that was left on the tubing and the blade lacerated his middle finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Stationary saws  band
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high