Incident date: 2021-02-03
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was using a crosscut saw to score the bottom of a 4'x8' sheet of plywood when the sheet kicked back and struck the employee in the abdomen, lacerating their abdomen and embedding a portion of the wood in their body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate