# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `2018066411` · 6/27/2018 · LINESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-power not determined, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 3021 Center Road, LINESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16424
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending a tree while carrying a pruner tool to prune around utility lines. He reached his area and hung the pruner on a limb above his position. The limb broke and the pruner fell, striking and piercing his left forearm. He was hospitalized.

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