Incident date: 2017-02-20
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming bushes at a jobsite. As he was attempting to grab a hedge lopper, he grabbed the bottom of the tool and hit the trigger. The blade then amputated his left ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high