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Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
1 hospitalization · 2024032288 · 3/13/2024 · Right of Way Clearing and Maintenance, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Thigh(s)
- Nature of injury
- Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
Cause
- Event
- Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back
- Source
- Chainsaws
- Secondary source
- Secondary source not applicable
Employer
- Name
- Right of Way Clearing and Maintenance, Inc.
- Location
- Minear Pipeline, PENNSBORO, WEST VIRGINIA, 26415
- NAICS
- 238990
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was felling a tree when the chainsaw kicked back and contacted their left upper thigh, resulting in a laceration and hospitalization.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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