Incident date: 2017-01-05
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut lumber from wood pallets when a piece of lumber became stuck. As he attempted to remove the piece of wood, the blade amputated his right thumb. The saw was activated at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high