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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2022087652 · 8/28/2022 · US Forest Service Nez/Clearwater

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source
Raised natural structures, hills, mountains, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Structures and surfaces, unspecified

Employer

Name
US Forest Service Nez/Clearwater
Location
12740 High 12, OROFINO, IDAHO, 83544
NAICS
115310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee and crew were engaged in fire control operations. The employee was operating a chainsaw to cut brush along an old logging road to be used as a fire control line. As the employee cut brush along the edge of a cutbank, they fell and slid approximately 10 feet down the cutbank. As they fell, the employee's right forearm contacted the chainsaw, resulting in a 3-inch in laceration to the back of the forearm on the anterior side of the wrist. The laceration severed one tendon and partially severed another, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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