Incident date: 2023-08-25
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was operating a horizontal band saw to dismantle a pallet. The pallet kicked back, causing the employee's left hand to go into the band saw. Their thumb, index, and middle fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high