Incident date: 2019-11-07
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was feeding 2x4s into the horizontal band saw. Saw dust was being ejected toward him so he went to clear the dust port. His right index finger contacted the blade and required surgical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high