Incident date: 2024-09-23
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating a horizontal band saw. When he reached for the piece that he had just cut, his left hand contacted the switch that controls the vise clamp on the saw. The vise clamp engaged and closed on his left little finger. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stationary saws  band
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high