Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-10	Pittsburgh	Pa	Darden Restaurants	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cleaning a bandsaw when it amputated the tip of one of his fingers.
2021-10-18	Lagrange	Ga	Yasufuku USA, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting parts using a bandsaw. The employee's left wrist contacted the sawblade and was severely lacerated, causing an amputation. The blade was unguarded at the time.
2021-10-17	Holgate	Oh	Metal Components LLC	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was blowing off a bandsaw table. The sawblade lacerated the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-10-09	Cypress	Tx	Fiesta Mart #82	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting fish with a bandsaw. The saw amputated the tip of his left index finger.
2021-10-05	Congerville	Il	O'Brien Steel Service Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On October 5, 2021, an employee was using a horizontal bandsaw to cut bushings and amputated his left ring finger above the first knuckle.
2021-10-04	Fort Lauderdale	Fl	INDUSTRIAL SHADEPORTS, INC.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On October 4, 2021, an employee was trying to lubricate a bandsaw blade when it caught the oil container he was using. The blade then lacerated the top of his right hand.
2021-09-29	Orlando	Fl	Halperns Steak & Gary Seafood	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat products on a bandsaw. Product bound up in the saw, causing the employee's left hand to contact the sawblade and resulting in amputation of the ring finger.
2021-09-21	Cambridge	Oh	Cambridge Packaging Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut packaging cores. As he was cutting the last packaging core, the sawblade cut his right middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations to the fingertips.
2021-09-20	Highland	Ny	Hannaford Supermarket	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut bone-in pork loin. The sawblade cut the employee's right thumb, amputating about 1/4 inch from the tip.
2021-09-09	Tallmadge	Oh	Trans-Foam Inc	Knee(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was standing behind another employee who was tightening the blade on a bandsaw. A piece of metal from the tensioner spring bolt struck the employee in the knee.
2021-08-30	Shrewsbury	Ma	Supercon, Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On August 30, 2021, an employee was operating a stationary electric bandsaw when the saw blade amputated the employee's fingertip.
2021-08-03	Nacogdoches	Tx	Christinas Meat Market, LTD.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a meat bandsaw. The saw cut the employee's fingertip, resulting in an amputation.
2021-08-02	Tulsa	Ok	Walmart, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when the machine got stuck. As he was turning off the machine, the blade amputated his left thumb at the first knuckle.
2021-07-19	Wapakoneta	Oh	General Aluminum Mfg. Company	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
At about 12:00 a.m. on July 19, 2021, an employee had just cut through an aluminum part on a bandsaw when the blade lacerated the employee's right little fingertip.
2021-07-03	Rhinelander	Wi	Lake Shore Systems, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a CNC bandsaw with an automatic material loading shuttle and clamping mechanism. The wood that the machine was shuttling into the clamping area was tipping, and the employee reached over to stabilize it for the clamp. The clamp closed on the employee's right index finger and amputated the fingertip.
2021-07-02	East Bernard	Tx	T.G Meat Center, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting meat on a bandsaw when a piece of frozen meat became caught on the teeth of the blade and jerked the safety plate, which forced the employee's hand into the blade. The employee sustained an amputation to the right ring finger.
2021-06-15	West Chester	Oh	Industrial Tube & Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut piping. The blade caught the employee's gloves and pulled in the employee's hands, causing a finger amputation.
2021-06-09	Atlanta	Ga	Action Electrical & Mechanical Contractors, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting metal on a horizontal bandsaw. The saw amputated the employee's middle, ring, and little fingers.
2021-05-04	Hatfield	Pa	GREINER INDUSTRIES, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cleaning oil off the blade of a portable bandsaw. The saw activated and cut the tip of the employee's finger, causing an amputation.
2021-05-03	Tobyhanna	Pa	Tobyhanna Army Depot	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was loading stock into a bandsaw's automatic feeder. As the employee pushed the stock through the feeder, the hydraulic clamp came down and caught the employee's right hand against the stock. The employee's ring finger was partially amputated.
2021-05-01	Fort Lauderdale	Fl	PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw when it lacerated the tip of his index finger, causing an amputation.
2021-04-30	Key Biscayne	Fl	Winn-Dixie	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw. The saw amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.
2021-04-16	Houston	Tx	ARO Foods, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat using a bandsaw. The saw partially amputated the employee's index and middle fingers.
2021-04-12	Conroe	Tx	Stainless Structural Works, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was adjusting steel strips in a bandsaw. He activated the hydraulic clamp to hold the material in place, and the clamp amputated the tip of his right thumb.
2021-04-06	Fall River	Ma	Cresco Labs	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
While on a 6-foot rolling platform ladder, an employee was using a bandsaw to cut a section of piping. As the employee finished making a cut, the ladder tilted forward, then moved backward, before toppling over. The employee fell over the handrail of the platform and struck his ribs on the handrail of a nearby emergency exit staircase. The employee was hospitalized with four broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2021-04-05	Brooks	Me	Thomas Bandsaw Mills, OEM	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw. The employee's glove got caught in the saw, resulting in the amputation of three fingers.
2021-04-01	Houston	Tx	LMMM HOUSTON #31, LTD	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut pork ribs when his finger contacted the saw blade, resulting in a laceration to the left index finger.
2021-03-22	Gordon	Ne	Open Range Beef, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting strips of beef with a bandsaw. The saw amputated the employee's left thumb.
2021-03-21	Kent	Oh	Industrial Tube & Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a horizontal bandsaw when his left hand and fingers were caught between the saw clamp and the part on the saw. He suffered a finger amputation.
2021-03-20	Palestine	Tx	Brookshire Grocery Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pork chops with a bandsaw. The sawblade amputated the employee's right index finger.
2021-03-16	Houma	La	Rouses Market #12	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pig tails on a bandsaw. The saw lacerated the employee's right hand between the index finger and thumb, cutting into the palm. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2021-03-02	Minocqua	Wi	Trig's Food and Drug	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting steaks on the bandsaw when the blade partially amputated a finger.
2021-02-24	Waco	Tx	Waco Boom Manufacturing, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was cutting a billet with a horizontal bandsaw. As the employee closed the vise, his finger was pinched between the vise and the billet. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.
2021-02-18	Pasadena	Tx	LMMM #43 Houston, Ltd	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pork with a meat bandsaw. The saw amputated the tip of his right index finger.
2021-02-12	Chicopee	Ma	Commonwealth Packaging Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting corrugated cardboard with a bandsaw when the blade lacerated a finger and amputated a fingertip.
2021-02-08	Eau Claire	Wi	L.E. Phillips Career Development Center	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On February 8, 2021, an employee was using a bandsaw when the saw amputated their right index finger to the second knuckle.
2021-02-04	Arcade	Ny	API Heat Transfer Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was trimming a piece of metal with a bandsaw when the bandsaw partially amputated his right index finger.
2021-01-28	Bridgeview	Il	Stampede Meat, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting T-bone steaks with a bandsaw. The bandsaw amputated two fingers on the employee's left hand.
2020-09-18	Houston	Ms	Franklin Coropration	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating a bandsaw and amputated their right thumb tip.
2020-09-17	Columbus	Oh	Engineered Profiles, LLC	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting scrap with a vertical bandsaw when the back of the employee's hand contacted the blade and was lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-15	Orlando	Fl	MSE2, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
At 8:00 a.m. on September 15, 2020, an employee was using a bandsaw when it fell onto his right little finger and lacerated. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2020-09-11	West Fargo	Nd	Corbon's, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee of Corbon's, Inc., was using a bandsaw to cut meat when his hand slipped and made contact with the saw blade, resulting in the amputation of his left index finger at the first knuckle.
2020-09-09	Osyka	Ms	Big 3 Pallets and Lumber	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting wood with a bandsaw. The saw blade lacerated the employee's right middle and ring fingers and fractured a middle joint and ligament.
2020-09-08	Dallas	Tx	LMMM DALLAS #37, LTD	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when his hands slipped and contacted the saw blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2020-09-03	Dublin	Tx	ABF Packing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to trim ribs. The saw cut his left hand, amputating four fingers.
2020-08-17	Houston	Tx	Costco Wholesale	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting lamb with a meat bandsaw. The saw amputated his right thumb tip, just past the fingernail.
2020-08-15	Poland	Oh	Mr. Chuck, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a bandsaw in a meat processing area. The blade caught her glove and amputated her left middle fingertip.
2020-07-27	Tifton	Georgia	CURTIS PACKING CO.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pork loins with a bandsaw. The sawblade amputated the employee's left little finger at the first knuckle.
2020-07-21	Torrington	Connecticut	O&G INDUSTRIES, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum with a bandsaw when he sustained the amputation of approximately 1/2 inch of the right index fingertip.
2020-05-27	Portsmouth	New Hampshir	High Liner Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was clearing loose product from the end of a bandsaw when the blade cut the employee's third finger, resulting in a partial finger amputation.
2020-05-17	Covington	Louisiana	Rouses Enterprises, LLC	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pork loins on a bandsaw in the deli. While positioning the meat, the employee's hand slipped and contacted the blade. The employee suffered a lacerated right index finger and fingernail avulsion.
2020-04-13	East Bernard	Texas	T.G Meat Center, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting hind shank with a bandsaw. The bandsaw cut his right middle and ring fingers, amputating both.
2020-04-09	West Point	Nebraska	Quality Pork International Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting bone on a bandsaw. The saw cut off one of his fingertips.
2020-03-26	Augusta	Georgia	FPL FOOD, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw. The product slipped out of the employee's hand and the bandsaw amputated the employee's right thumb, also breaking the index finger and lacerating the middle finger.
2020-03-19	Pocatello	Idaho	Core Brace	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting plastic when his right thumb came into contact with the blade of a floor-mounted vertical bandsaw. The thumb tip was amputated.
2020-03-12	Chicago	Illinois	DaBecca Natural Foods, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While operating a bandsaw, an employee suffered an avulsion to the tip of his right thumb.
2020-03-05	Plymouth	New Hampshir	Hannaford Supermarket	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting steaks with a bandsaw, The sawblade amputated his right index fingertip.
2020-01-20	Elmendorf	Texas	Thornton Steel San Antonio llc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a horizontal bandsaw to cut materials. As the saw was rising to the top position after completing a cut, the employee attempted to remove the drop scrap piece. The blade was still moving at the time and caught the drop scrap, which then struck and amputated the employee's left index and middle fingertips.
2020-01-09	Norwalk	Ohio	Norwalk Precast Molds, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 9, 2020, an employee was putting a product in a bandsaw when the bandsaw's clamp pinched the employee's left middle finger against the product. The fingertip was amputated.
2020-01-02	Vardaman	Mississippi	Furniture Wood, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting wood on a bandsaw. The blade severely lacerated the employee's left thumb at the second joint.
2019-09-23	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	Calvary Chapel Church, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting small pieces of wood on a bandsaw. The saw amputated the tip of his left little finger.
2019-09-20	Saint Charles	Illinois	thieme corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut out foam for packaging. The sawblade came into contact with the employee's left index finger, amputating the tip.
2019-09-13	Hooksett	New Hampshir	Poultry Products Company LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw when the blade severely lacerated his right index finger, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-09-05	North Kingstown	Rhode Island	Anvil International, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A flat bar was being cut on an automatic horizontal bandsaw. A piece of steel tubing was being used to guide the parts being cut into a bin. The tubing moved and the rotating sawblade caught an employee's glove. His left index finger was partially amputated.
2019-08-21	Tulsa	Oklahoma	REASOR'S LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a block of meat using a bandsaw. The saw blade cut his right little finger; the tip was medically amputated.
2019-08-16	Chicago	Illinois	Elevation Global Industries, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting ice with a bandsaw. The saw amputated two of the employee's fingertips.
2019-08-14	Maplewood	Missouri	SAM'S CLUB	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw. The saw cut his left middle finger. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to amputate the fingertip.
2019-08-14	Sherman	Texas	TYSON FRESH MEATS	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
While installing a catch pan at the base of a bandsaw, an employee was shocked by a power cord.
2019-07-24	Southaven	Mississippi	Stepherson, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut beef when the left index finger contacted the bandsaw blade, amputating the fingertip above the first knuckle.
2019-07-15	Hazleton	Pennsylvania	USA Pork Packers Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On July 15, 2019, at approximately 5:15 PM, an employee was cutting meat on a bandsaw. The employee's glove got caught on the bandsaw blade and pulled his left thumb into the blade resulting in the amputation of the thumb tip.
2019-07-03	Pilot Point	Texas	Staley Steel LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was holding a piece of material in place for a bandsaw. When the clamps were closed, the employee's little finger was smashed between the clamps and the material. The fingertip was amputated.
2019-06-22	Grand Junction	Colorado	SAFEWAY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting sirloin steaks on a bandsaw and lacerated a finger and a knuckle bone.
2019-06-18	Ecru	Mississippi	Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating a bandsaw when its blade amputated the employee's left thumb.
2019-06-09	Magnolia	Texas	HEB	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when the saw amputated his right little fingertip, which was reattached at the hospital.
2019-06-07	Temple	Texas	TEXAS HYDRAULICS	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a horizontal bandsaw. The clamp amputated his left index finger, about halfway to three-quarters of the way down the finger.
2019-06-04	Hazlehurst	Georgia	Palletone of Florida, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was attempting to clean sawdust out of the dust pipe on the six-head bandsaw and contacted the moving saw blade causing an open fracture/laceration on the right middle and ring fingers. A part of the middle finger was surgically amputated. The machine was unguarded and not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.
2019-05-06	Loganton	Pennsylvania	Nicholas Meat, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On May 6, 2019, at approximately 7:00 AM, an employee was pulling bones from a conveyor and stacking them on the table of a bandsaw. The employee turned to retrieve more bones and his left pinky finger struck the running saw blade causing a partial amputation.
2019-04-26	Chicago	Illinois	Elevation Global Industries	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut a block of ice. The block jerked and drew the employee's hand into the saw, which amputated the employee's left little fingertip.
2019-04-16	Hampshire	Illinois	Buckhead Meat Midwest Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On April 14, 2019, an employee was cutting the ends off frozen pork loins using a bandsaw. The blade amputated the tip of his left thumb.
2019-04-16	Lewistown	Ohio	Mid States Packaging Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On April 16, 2019, an employee was cutting product on a bandsaw. The saw caught the employee's left middle finger, amputating the tip.
2019-03-27	Decatur	Texas	POCO GRAPHITE	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a block of graphite with a bandsaw. The saw amputated the employee's left thumb right above the knuckle.
2019-03-09	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	Triple V Stores	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when it cut the tips of the employee's fingers, causing a thumb laceration and a partial amputation to the index finger.
2019-02-20	Baytown	Texas	JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.	Multiple body parts	Fire
An employee started to cut a thermowell (a 2-inch piece of pipe with a sensor inside) using a portable bandsaw. A flash caused minor burns to the employee's chin, neck, and wrists; the employee was hospitalized.
2019-02-08	Pinckneyville	Illinois	Cooper B Line	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On February 8, 2019, at approximately 8:30 AM an employee was cutting a 3" pipe with a bandsaw. While cutting, the pipe spun and hit the employee's left thumb area resulting in a laceration and a fracture.
2018-09-26	Augusta	Georgia	Floco Food Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was in the meat department, cutting pig feet using a bandsaw. One of the cases of pig feet rolled away from him and his hand was caught in the saw. The blade severely cut his finger, causing an amputation.
2018-09-11	Houston	Texas	McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee picked up a portable bandsaw. It activated and its blade touched his right hand, amputating the little finger up to the first knuckle.
2018-07-24	San Angelo	Texas	Wilbur L. Anderson, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was holding a 5-gallon bucket while its lid was being cut off with a bandsaw. The saw lacerated the employee's left wrist.
2018-07-10	Momence	Illinois	Berkot LTD.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting meat with a vertical bandsaw when the blade contacted his right hand, causing an amputation and laceration to the tip of his middle finger.
2018-06-26	East Claridon	Ohio	THE ARMS TRUCKING COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was adjusting the lever on a bandsaw. The employee's hand contacted the saw blade, and the employee sustained a partial amputation to the right thumb tip.
2018-06-24	Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was placing a channel iron inside an automated vise to secure the iron for cutting with a bandsaw. The vise automatically closed while the employee's left ring finger was between it and the channel iron causing an avulsion injury and hospitalization.
2018-06-21	State College	Pennsylvania	Worth & Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting the flange on a fire stop collar with a portable bandsaw and amputated his left index finger to the knuckle.
2018-06-21	Lackawanna	New York	John W. Danforth Company	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a threaded rod with a portable bandsaw. The saw jumped and struck his left hand, cutting and pulling his cut-resistant glove into the guard and amputating the tip of his left index finger.
2018-06-08	Manchester	New Hampshir	TEXTILES COATED INTERNATIONAL	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee's left index finger was amputated on a bandsaw.
2018-01-23	Omaha	Nebraska	Glenn Valley Foods, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was opening boxes of meat and then breaking the cardboard down for recycling when her right pinky finger contacted the blade of a bandsaw someone else was using and was lacerated, requiring medical amputation.
2017-09-08	Rapid City	South Dakota	TrueNorth Steel, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was adjusting a 6-inch pipe within a horizontal bandsaw when the clamping mechanism caught and injured his right thumb tip.
2017-08-14	Fort Payne	Alabama	The Heil Co., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting steel bars with a horizontal bandsaw when the blade amputated his right small finger.
2017-07-07	Chippewa Falls	Wisconsin	Spectrum Industries Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On July 7, 2017, at approximately 10:15 a.m., an employee was prepping material to be cut on a bandsaw. When he went to put a spacer between the bandsaw clamp, the clamp closed on and crushed his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2017-06-29	Fort Morgan	Colorado	Cargill, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On June 29, 2017, an employee was pulling product off a conveyor belt to assist a coworker who was cutting the meat product with the bandsaw. He was trying to move some meat product when his left ring fingertip was partially amputated by the bandsaw.
2017-06-09	Houston	Texas	BLP Holdings, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping two bandsaw operators while they where installing a saw blade. The employee was adjusting the tracking on the bandsaw's right wheel when the operators tightened the tension on the saw blade. The employee's left thumb tip was then caught and partially amputated between the saw blade and the wheel.
2017-05-22	Saint Marys	Pennsylvania	Penn Pallet, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
A temporary employee was operating a horizontal bandsaw. The employee started to adjust the in-feed rail on the saw using a wrench while the saw was running. The wrench slipped in the employee's hand and his right index finger contacted the saw blade. The employee was taken to the hospital and the index finger was amputated in the hospital the day after the incident.