A hand-held electrically powered cut-off tool (100) for cutting concrete and stone by a rotatable cutting disc (105), the cut-off tool (100) comprising an electric motor (130) arranged to be controlled by a control unit (110) via a motor control interface (120), wherein the control unit (110) is arranged to obtain data indicative of an angular velocity of the cutting disc (105), and to detect a kickback condition based on a decrease in angular velocity, wherein the control unit (110) is arranged to control an electromagnetic braking of the electric motor (130) in response to detecting a kickback condition, wherein the control unit (110) is arranged to determine an angular acceleration associated with the electric motor (130), and to detect the kickback condition based on a comparison between the determined angular acceleration and a configurable detection threshold.