Incident date: 2016-09-15
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee and coworkers were using machetes to cut overgrown brush and grass to create a clear path to use surveying equipment. A coworker's machete struck the left hand of the employee, amputating the employee's left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high