Incident date: 2017-10-16
NAICS industry code: 561730

On 10/16/2017, an employee was in an aerial lift cutting a tree with a chainsaw. He put the saw down on the tree and went to break off a tree limb to throw it clear of a fence. The chainsaw began to move and he went to stop it. The saw then revved up and amputated his left pinky finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Chainsaws-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high