Incident date: 2022-04-07
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was moving a lift with one hand and holding a chainsaw in the other in preparation to continue tree trimming. The chainsaw kicked back and struck the employee's face causing a laceration with orbital bone tissue damage.

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: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate