Incident date: 2015-02-18
NAICS industry code: 331528

An employee was using a wax/grease stick to grease the blade of a horizontal band saw. The blade yanked the stick, pulling the employee's hand into the blade amputating the left middle finger.

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