# Cuts, lacerations at Nelson Tree Service Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043114` · 4/14/2016 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Saws-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelson Tree Service Inc.
- **Location:** 510 Gettysburg Drive, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15206
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a branch with a hand saw. The hand saw cut through the branch faster than expected and struck his left hand, lacerating the tendon between his ring and pinky fingers. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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