Incident date: 2020-08-26
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was cutting a ductile water line pipe to be replaced using a gas powered cut off saw. Something caused the saw to kick upwards and the body of the saw struck the employee's face causing fractures and a laceration. 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: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate