Incident date: 2020-07-16
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree limb with a chainsaw. When the limb started to come down, the employee reached to grab it and the chainsaw cut his right wrist/hand, including an artery. The injury required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Chainsaws-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate