# Cuts, lacerations at Wright Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099874` · 9/20/2019 · COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 2976 County Line Rd., COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 16314
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dragging cut brush and forming a pile. The employee was using a chainsaw to cut up the brush. The chainsaw kicked back and cut the employee's right thigh and right arm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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