Incident date: 2024-02-26
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was cutting dowels on a horizontal bandsaw. The wood dowel became bound up in the saw and the employee's right index finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary saws  band
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high