Incident date: 2015-07-28
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee's finger was amputated while cutting a 4-inch, 90-degree elbow with a band saw. The blade caught the elbow and pulled the employee's hand into the blade.

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