# Cuts, lacerations at Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016076323` · 7/13/2016 · FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
- **Secondary source:** Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** 225 Council Street, FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, 53538
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was cutting a tree limb with a chain saw when the tree limb contacted the saw and the saw contacted the employee's arm causing injury to the left arm.

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