Incident date: 2021-12-22
NAICS industry code: 926140

An employee was using a bandsaw to trim the tops off bare-root roses. The employee turned off the saw to remove debris and a blade, still moving, contacted the inside of the employee's right middle finger at the top joint. The top of the finger was medically amputated.

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