Incident date: 2017-04-26
NAICS industry code: 221119

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut limbs from a tree overhead while standing on top of a brush cutting machine, approximately three feet off the ground. One of the tree limbs struck the employee's left foot, resulting in amputation of the left big toe at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high