Incident date: 2023-05-26
NAICS industry code: 541320

An employee was in a bucket truck trimming a tree with a chainsaw. The chainsaw cut the top of their right hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate