Incident date: 2024-02-28
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was on a ladder trimming hedges. They lost balance and fell forward while holding the trimmer and sustained a laceration to the left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate