Incident date: 2016-08-22
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was cutting one single roofing paver that was not fitting properly at a doorway. He was using a handheld electric saw and the saw slipped and caught the employee's work glove cutting his thumb.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate