Incident date: 2023-11-02
NAICS industry code: 561730

A contracted employee was harnessed about 25 feet in the air while cutting a tree with a chainsaw. As he cut a branch from the tree, the chainsaw contacted the back of his left hand, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and surgery.

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), unspecified
severity: moderate