Incident date: 2015-09-17
NAICS industry code: 321999

On September 17, 2015, at approximately 6:30pm, a worker was injured when the tip of his right index finger was pinched while changing the blade on a horizontal band saw.  Lockout was used to de-energize the machine.  As the employee manually turned the wheel to engage the blade, his finger was pinched between the wheel and the blade, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high