Incident date: 2015-11-30
NAICS industry code: 332999

A welder was operating a horizontal band saw.  There was a hydraulic clamp for the material being cut.  The employee pushed the button for the clamp and his left thumb was caught in the clamp, cutting it open. The employee was admitted to the hospital for hand surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate