Incident date: 2018-04-13
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut a cant when the saw slipped from his hand and cut the inside of his left foot behind the steel plate of his safety shoe. He suffered a deep laceration to his left foot, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate