Incident date: 2024-08-08
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was moving cut branches when their right forearm was lacerated by another employee's chainsaw. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Chainsaws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate