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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2020054515 · 5/14/2020 · Wright Tree Service, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Chainsaws-powered

Employer

Name
Wright Tree Service, Inc
Location
Highway 96, Carpenter Lane, HOOPA, CALIFORNIA, 95546
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw on the ground to create a notch in the tree. He had completed the face cut and begun to make the undercut when his foot slipped and the chainsaw's chain lacerated his right thumb. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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