Incident date: 2020-07-09
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was cutting wooden sticks of lumber for a crating operation. When the radial arm saw retracted, it hung up on a small pile of debris. As he reached for a new piece of lumber to cut, the saw blade lacerated his forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Arm saws, radial arm saws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate