Incident date: 2025-07-24
NAICS industry code: 333924

An employee was working to lay a part in the vise of the band saw in preparation for cutting. The left vise closed, pinching his fingertips against the part. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated and they sustained a laceration to the index finger requiring stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary saws  band
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high