Incident date: 2015-10-10
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a battery operated circular saw. The blade got stuck in the wood and kicked back lacerating three fingers on the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate