Incident date: 2019-10-15
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was using a handheld circular saw to cut wooden planks when the saw blade came in contact with his lower leg area, causing a severe laceration to his right calf muscle that required hospitalization and surgery. He was installing a roof at a residential construction site at the time of the accident.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate