Incident date: 2020-05-29
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a gas trimmer to cut brush when he was stung by a wasp on the left arm. The employee swatted with his right hand across his body and made contact with the blades of the trimmer, amputating the tip of his right ring finger.

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