Incident date: 2018-05-18
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was using a horizontal band saw to separate wood pallets when the employee's left thumb came into contact with the blade, sustaining an amputation.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high