Incident date: 2022-06-15
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting through vines with a chainsaw. The chainsaw became entangled in a vine and jerked back, striking and lacerating the employee's left forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Chainsaws-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate