# Cuts, lacerations at Petre's Tree Surgery
> OSHA SIR `2020065486` · 6/12/2020 · PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Petre's Tree Surgery
- **Location:** 1632 Hyland Park Dr., PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71360
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder using a chainsaw to trim trees above a residential home. The employee lost his footing on the ladder, causing the chainsaw to slip and lacerate his right forearm.

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