Incident date: 2022-01-10
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting through a 2-inch orange tree with a chainsaw. The saw hit a vine and went out of control, lacerating the employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized and underwent 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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate