# Cuts, lacerations at Asplundh Tree Expert
> OSHA SIR `2019099512` · 9/11/2019 · OROFINO, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert
- **Location:** 255 Steinbruecker, OROFINO, IDAHO, 83544
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tied to the bucket of a boom truck and cutting the branch of a pine tree when the branch started to fall. The employee attempted to grab the branch and contacted the saw, cutting his right hand/wrist above the thumb area. He was hospitalized. The chain saw was still running at the time of the incident.

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