Incident date: 2019-09-28
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee was cutting wood with a jig saw when the blade hit a nail. The saw jumped and the blade contacted an artery in the employee's wrist requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate