Incident date: 2015-05-05
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was cutting welding rod with a band saw when the rod ejected from the cutting surface and impaled the employee above the knee on the left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate