Incident date: 2024-12-04
NAICS industry code: 321113

On December 4, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was sharpening his chainsaw. A snagged tree branch fell on his right arm, pushing it onto the saw. The employee suffered a fractured right ulna and a laceration to the underside of his arm, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate