Incident date: 2019-09-09
NAICS industry code: 238170

An employee was using a chop saw to cut an aluminum gutter into smaller scrap pieces. The chop saw blade contacted his hand causing a cut that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate