Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at BNG Construction, Inc.
Start: 10/18/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171010006 · 10/18/2017 · BNG Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name: BNG Construction, Inc.
Location: J. Wayne Reitz Union, UF, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32627
NAICS: 238140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a circular saw to cut a 2-inch by 8-inch piece of lumber on a saw horse. When he finished the cut, the saw's guard did not retract into the safe position. The blade then lacerated his right outer thigh, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown