# Cuts, lacerations at Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087131` · 8/7/2023 · SALTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 102 Holly Drive, SALTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15681
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a branch against a log on the ground to make a wedge while another employee was using a chainsaw to cut the wedge. The saw slipped and struck the employee holding the branch, resulting in a laceration to the right wrist.

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