# Cuts, lacerations at Clean Scapes L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2016053960` · 5/9/2016 · MANCHACA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Clean Scapes L.P.
- **Location:** 13009 Arroyo Doble, MANCHACA, TEXAS, 78652
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a limb of the tree in order to be flush to the trunk while he was ten feet high on the tree. While the employee was maneuvering to get the tasks done, the chain saw contacted his lower left leg resulting in a laceration that required staples.

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