Incident date: 2023-10-05
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was tailing logs with a chainsaw. As they set the chainsaw on a log, the chain contacted the employee's left index finger, fracturing it. The fingertip was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Chainsaws-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high