Incident date: 2018-07-24
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was using a cutoff wheel when the portable tool kicked back and the blade lacerated the employee's left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate