Incident date: 2016-01-22
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was placing material into a band saw to be cut. When he activated the vise control to hold the material, his finger was caught between the material and vise, amputating his left middle fingertip.

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