Incident date: 2024-07-01
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was cutting a pipe with a circular saw when the pipe pinched the blade and the blade shattered. A projectile from the blade struck the employee in the neck, lacerating him from the Adam's apple around to the ear.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate