Incident date: 2018-08-31
NAICS industry code: 322130

An employee was lifting a basket of wood chips with a chain saw that had two choker chains attached when a link in one of the choker chains broke, hitting and fracturing the employee's right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate