Incident date: 2015-05-14
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was putting lumber into the edger. More lumber was placed on the edger than the edger could handle, causing a piece to kick back and make contact with his thigh, breaking the leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate