Incident date: 2023-03-23
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using a gasoline-powered cut-off saw to cut a section of guardrail bolted to a concrete bridge abutment. As he was completing the cut, the guardrail sprung out of its spot and fell downward onto the saw. This pushed the sawblade into the top of the employee's left foot, just behind the steel toe of his shoe. The employee sustained a laceration that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: moderate