Incident date: 2019-11-05
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was installing bottom bracing on framing to support a concrete pour. The employee used a battery operated circular saw to make a shallow cut into a wooden board. The employee sustained a cut to the left hand at the inside of the middle finger and down through the palm, which required hospitalization for tendon repair surgery.

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: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate