OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000389
CITY OF DURHAM
DURHAM, NC·
Event description
Employee's foot lacerated by chain saw
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was performing his regularly assigned job undercutting limbs from a downed pine tree with a Stihl 024 chain saw. He was standing on the ground with his left side toward the tree. During the cut, tension on the limb closed down o n the blade, causing the saw to kick back onto Employee #1's foot, lacerating it severely.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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