# Cuts, lacerations at Townsend Tree Service Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021053685` · 5/4/2021 · CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Townsend Tree Service Company LLC
- **Location:** 14422 Old Erie Pike, CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16830
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walked into the vicinity of a co-worker who was using a brush cutter when the brush cutter kicked back and came into contact with the employee, resulting in a laceration that required surgery.

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