Incident date: 2023-08-11
NAICS industry code: 327390

Two employees were using a handheld banding tool to make banding tape for tent set-ups. One employee was holding the banding tool and the injured employee was looping a metal clip around the tape. The tool closed while the injured employee's hand was near the banding mechanism. The banding tape caught the employee's right ring finger as it tightened, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high