Incident date: 2022-10-21
NAICS industry code: 336413

An employee was cutting 4-inch metal bar pucks with a bandsaw. A piece became wedged behind the sawblade. The employee was clearing it when the blade caught his glove and pulled in his right index finger. He suffered a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high