Incident date: 2019-11-25
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was using a knife to cut the plastic banding on a pile of lumber when the knife slipped and lacerated his leg just above the knee. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Box cutters and razor knives
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate