# Cuts, lacerations at Rick's Expert Tree Service
> OSHA SIR `2020065601` · 6/16/2020 · CROYDON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Rick's Expert Tree Service
- **Location:** Avalon Street, CROYDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19021
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain saw to cut into a birch tree branch at ground level when the chain saw kicked back and severely lacerated the employee's bicep. The employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*