Incident date: 2019-11-17
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was sawing a notch into a cedar board with a chainsaw. The saw bound up and, when pulled free, struck the right side of the employee's chin. He suffered a laceration all the way to the cheekbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Chainsaws-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate