# Cuts, lacerations at ABC Professional Trees Services
> OSHA SIR `2015096756` · 9/15/2015 · ROCK ISLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** ABC Professional Trees Services
- **Location:** 3011 Cushen Street, ROCK ISLAND, TEXAS, 77470
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut brush along a utility right of way when the chainsaw kicked back and injured the palm of his left hand.

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