Incident date: 2018-10-16
NAICS industry code: 336112

An employee was cutting a piece of angle iron with a horizontal fixed-stand band saw when the employee's left index finger entered the point of operation. The blade then amputated the employee's left index fingertip just below the cuticle.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high