Incident date: 2019-09-11
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was tied to the bucket of a boom truck and cutting the branch of a pine tree when the branch started to fall. The employee attempted to grab the branch and contacted the saw, cutting his right hand/wrist above the thumb area. He was hospitalized. The chain saw was still running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Chainsaws-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate