# Cuts, lacerations at A Native tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021372` · 2/10/2017 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** A Native tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 5741 SW 57 ave, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33177
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a ladder while trimming tree branches with a chain saw when a tree branch grabbed the saw. The employee removed a hand from the saw to try and catch the branch. The saw blade then lacerated the employee's left forearm, requiring overnight hospitalization and surgery.

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