Incident date: 2021-07-31
NAICS industry code: 237110

On July 31, 2021, at 11:30 a.m., an employee was cutting a piece of concrete pipe with a portable cut-off saw when the saw got bound after the pipe pinched it. The employee lost his grip and the saw flipped over and bounced up to the left side of his neck, resulting in a laceration.

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: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate