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Cuts, lacerations
1 hospitalization · 2019043464 · 4/3/2019 · BRIGHTVIEW TREE CARE SERVICES, INC.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Multiple arm locations, n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Cuts, lacerations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Chainsaws-powered
Employer
- Name
- BRIGHTVIEW TREE CARE SERVICES, INC.
- Location
- Ocean Reef Community Association, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, 33037
- NAICS
- 561730
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While an employee was using a chainsaw to trim a coconut tree, the chainsaw kicked back causing lacerations to the left forearm and bicep.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown