Incident date: 2024-02-07
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was cutting plastic tanks for quality control testing. The employee was removing plastic from the neck when his finger contacted the blade of the band saw. The employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary saws  band
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high