Incident date: 2016-05-13
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee was cutting a tree with a chainsaw when the tree split and struck his left arm. The impact severely lacerated his left arm, which had to be amputated above the elbow. The employee was wearing required PPE at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: high