Incident date: 2024-02-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was starting a gas-powered handheld hedge trimmer. He lost his grip while pulling the string. The trimmer started and its blades caught his right index finger. The finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Scissors, snips, shears
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high