Incident date: 2022-05-02
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was dismantling pallets with a bandsaw. As the employee reached for a pallet, the saw caught the employee's right hand and amputated the index finger.

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