Incident date: 2017-02-20
NAICS industry code: 424910

An employee was collecting willow branches and using pneumatic clippers to cut the material to length. As the employee was cutting a branch, he amputated the tip of his left thumb without bone loss. The hospital reattached the tip of the thumb.

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