Incident date: 2021-05-04
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee walked into the vicinity of a co-worker who was using a brush cutter when the brush cutter kicked back and came into contact with the employee, resulting in a laceration that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate