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Cuts, lacerations
1 hospitalization · 2021010062 · 1/4/2021 · US Customs and Border Patrol Station
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Knee(s)
- Nature of injury
- Cuts, lacerations
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Chainsaws-powered
Employer
- Name
- US Customs and Border Patrol Station
- Location
- 3000 West Military Highway, MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78501
- NAICS
- 922120
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cutting a tree when the chainsaw kicked back resulting in a deep laceration to the knee. The injury required surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown