Incident date: 2024-12-23
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was cutting    tubing into  " segments on an automatic band saw. He went to brush away scrap material and his left hand got caught in the blade. The employee's little finger was partially amputated, his ring and middle fingers were lacerated, and he required surgery. A guard was in place at the time.

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