Incident date: 2024-09-16
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree branch using a chainsaw when their right thumb was caught between the tree limb and the chainsaw, resulting in a degloving injury that required medical amputation of the affected digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Saws  except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high