# Cuts, lacerations at Trees, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017031944` · 3/1/2017 · SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Trees, Inc.
- **Location:** 000 Right of Way, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 31082
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming tree branches on the ground with a chain saw. The employee tripped on a tree branch while operating chain saw, causing the chain saw to kick back and strike him in the face. He received a laceration to the right eye and cheek.

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