Incident date: 2024-09-12
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using a circular saw to cut wooden stakes. When he finished, the blade was still turning and as he laid the saw down, he sustained a laceration to his right thigh approximately ten inches above the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Saws  except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate