Incident date: 2024-01-17
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was using a vertical bandsaw to cut an extrusion of aluminum when an exposed section of the blade contacted their right thumb, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation without bone or joint loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary saws  band
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high