Incident date: 2020-04-27
NAICS industry code: 561730

On 04/27/2020, at 10:52 a.m., an employee was cutting a palm tree with a chainsaw when the chainsaw kicked back and cut his left wrist. He had surgery and was hospitalized.

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: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate