# Cuts, lacerations at SOUTH WEST FLORIDA TREE SERVICE INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020043865` · 4/27/2020 · VENICE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTH WEST FLORIDA TREE SERVICE INC.
- **Location:** 206 Vestavia Dr., VENICE, FLORIDA, 34292
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 04/27/2020, at 10:52 a.m., an employee was cutting a palm tree with a chainsaw when the chainsaw kicked back and cut his left wrist. He had surgery and was hospitalized.

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