# Cuts, lacerations at Wright Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076027` · 7/22/2021 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 4912 NW 19th Street, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73127
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a pole after performing trimming activities when he kicked his 20-inch pole saw and the saw began to fall. The employee attempted to catch the pole while it was falling and the blade lacerated the webbing of his right hand between the index finger and thumb.

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