Incident date: 2015-11-05
NAICS industry code: 562910

The employee was cutting the top of the roof of a floating roof tank with a reciprocal saw when he lost his balance and fell backwards. The saw landed on his left thigh, while it was still running.  The incident resulted in a broken left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate