Incident date: 2025-06-26
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cutting felled trees into smaller logs using a chainsaw. A cut log rolled toward him and made contact with the saw's chain brake, applying pressure onto the brake that applied pressure onto his left middle finger that was holding the chainsaw handle. The employee retracted his left hand, resulting in amputation of approximately 1 cm of his left middle fingertip. The employee was hospitalized and his fingertip was reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high