Incident date: 2015-01-28
NAICS industry code: 332710

Employee was cutting a plexi-glass panel using an air pressurized hand-held saw.  The head of the saw detached from the body, sending the tool into the back of the employee's left hand. The employee experienced a deep laceration to the back of the left hand, which required surgery and in-patient hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Saw blades-unattached
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate