Incident date: 2017-11-28
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was adjusting a tilted piece of pipe that was being held by a gripper on a band saw. As he was adjusting the pipe, the gripper caught his right pinky fingertip between it and the pipe, causing a partial amputation. The employee's pinky fingertip was later surgically amputated at the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Band saws
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high