Incident date: 2018-07-17
NAICS industry code: 331529

An employee was attempting to remove chips from the vise in the material holding area of a band saw when the sawblade caught his left pinky, causing an amputation.

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), unspecified
severity: high