Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Professional Sunshine Roofing, Inc.
Start: 10/15/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191010763 · 10/15/2019 · Professional Sunshine Roofing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(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: Professional Sunshine Roofing, Inc.
Location: 862803 N. Hampton Clubway, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32034
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a handheld circular saw to cut wooden planks when the saw blade came in contact with his lower leg area, causing a severe laceration to his right calf muscle that required hospitalization and surgery. He was installing a roof at a residential construction site at the time of the accident.

Source

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