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Cuts, lacerations
1 hospitalization · 2017054420 · 5/16/2017 · Southwest Water Company
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Multiple face locations
- Nature of injury
- Cuts, lacerations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Saws-powered, except chainsaws
Employer
- Name
- Southwest Water Company
- Location
- 728 Volare Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35244
- NAICS
- 221310
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting PVC pipe with a circular saw when it kicked back and deeply lacerated the employee across the mouth and nose.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown