Incident date: 2023-06-16
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was cutting boards with a sawmill edger when the board kicked back and struck the employee in the neck. The employee sustained a neck laceration, cervical fracture, brain hemorrhage, and traumatic brain injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate