Incident date: 2020-12-04
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was working aloft pruning a live oak tree when his pole saw began to fall. The employee reached for the pole saw handle but the pole slipped through his hand and the blade cut his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Saws-power not determined
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate