Incident date: 2023-12-04
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was standing on plant bed timbers, using a powered hand trimmer to trim the shrubs in the plant bed. The timber gave way, breaking into several pieces. The employee lost balance and fell with the trimmer in his hand. He suffered a severe laceration to the right wrist and hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
code_source: title: Structures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate