Incident date: 2024-11-19
NAICS industry code: 441222

On November 19, 2024, at approximately 2:40 PM, an employee was using a vertical bandsaw to trim excess material on a life ring. The tip of a finger on the employee's left hand contacted the blade, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Stationary saws  band
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high