Incident date: 2019-04-09
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was using a horizontal band saw to dismantle wood pallets when the employee made contact with the band saw blade, suffering a thumb laceration. The saw was guarded at the time.

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