Incident date: 2015-09-17
NAICS industry code: 236220

The employee was cutting a piece of ductile 8" iron pipe with a hot saw or quickie saw. The weight caused the pipe to pinch the blade and the pipe kicked up and struck the employee in the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate