Incident date: 2017-03-18
NAICS industry code: 333249

An employee was operating a roll-in band saw. He was using the roll control to move parts into the blade area and then pulling the cut parts out with his left hand. As the employee was reaching for a cut part, his left hand contacted the blade amputating the middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high