# Cuts, lacerations at Lewis Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065198` · 6/15/2022 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## 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:** Lewis Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 1696 County Rd 411, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75961
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting through vines with a chainsaw. The chainsaw became entangled in a vine and jerked back, striking and lacerating the employee's left forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

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