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Cuts, lacerations
1 hospitalization · 2016109297 · 10/1/2016 · R & B Contracting and Excavating
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- Nature of injury
- Cuts, lacerations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Saws-powered, except chainsaws
Employer
- Name
- R & B Contracting and Excavating
- Location
- 3341 Forbes Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15122
- NAICS
- 237110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting a 24-inch cast iron pipe with a saw when the saw kicked back and severely lacerated the left side of his neck.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown