Incident date: 2017-03-24
NAICS industry code: 238990

On March 24, 2017, at 10:30 a.m., an employee was in a manlift trimming tree limbs with a chain saw when he lost control of it and received a severe laceration to his left index finger. He was hospitalized for 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate