Incident date: 2020-02-13
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was on a scaffold, using a gas-powered saw to cut out a lintel. The saw caught on something and kicked back, striking the employee in the right cheek. The employee suffered lacerations from the cheek to the top of the nose.

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: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate