Incident date: 2022-11-09
NAICS industry code: 332216

An employee was placing a nut on a 600-pound saw blade to secure it to a hydraulic lift. The blade slipped and the employee reached for it, sustaining a laceration to the right leg and a fractured fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Saw blades-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate