Incident date: 2015-07-28
NAICS industry code: 336412

An employee was working on a horizontal band saw while cutting stock material. He was advancing the material when his hand came into contact with the blade. His pinky finger and two fingers next to it were amputated. He was hospitalized.

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