Incident date: 2015-08-07
NAICS industry code: 321113

On Friday, August 7, 2015, an employee suffered the loss of the fingertip and nail with exposed bone while repairing a band saw. The screw shaft fell out of the head rig (the guide system on the band saw).

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