Incident date: 2018-03-07
NAICS industry code: 561710

An employee was trimming trees in a scissor lift and attempted to pass a pole saw down to the injured employee. The cord holding the blade guard let loose and the guard snapped on the injured employee's right index finger, partially amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Saws-power not determined
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high