Incident date: 2017-06-22
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was on an orchard ladder trimming the lower branches of a tree with a chainsaw when he slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground. The chainsaw lacerated his hand, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate