Incident date: 2015-09-15
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut brush along a utility right of way when the chainsaw kicked back and injured the palm of his left hand.

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), except finger(s)
severity: moderate