Incident date: 2018-11-29
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was cutting an HDTP pipe with a chainsaw. The saw kicked back and struck his left leg above the knee, causing a laceration. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Chainsaws-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate