Incident date: 2016-06-23
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was using a gas-powered chop saw to cut through a water line. When he made the second cut, the pipe slipped down and bound the saw blade. The saw wrenched from his hands, rotated, and came back with the blade cutting the employee from the shoulder across the chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate