Incident date: 2019-06-28
NAICS industry code: 333131

On June 28, 2019, a maintenance employee was cutting through a damaged highway guardrail with a portable reciprocating saw when the guardrail moved and struck his left forearm, resulting in a tendon laceration that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Guardrails, road dividers
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate