Incident date: 2017-07-25
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee started a chain saw and was walking toward a log he planned to cut when he tripped and the running chain saw came up and struck his right upper leg area above the knee. He suffered a serious laceration and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Trip without fall, unspecified
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate