Incident date: 2021-05-05
NAICS industry code: 321912

An employee was feeding a piece of lumber into the saw machine. A loaded piece of lumber kicked back, causing the lumber the employee was holding to strike him in the abdomen, resulting in bruising to the abdomen and a tear to his small intestine. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate