Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting a palm frond with a chainsaw when the chainsaw kicked back and lacerated his left upper arm/bicep area. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Chainsaws
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate