# Cuts, lacerations at Apex Unlimited Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110125` · 11/2/2023 · EIGHTY FOUR, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Apex Unlimited Services, LLC
- **Location:** 810 Pennsylvania 519, EIGHTY FOUR, PENNSYLVANIA, 15330
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A contracted employee was harnessed about 25 feet in the air while cutting a tree with a chainsaw. As he cut a branch from the tree, the chainsaw contacted the back of his left hand, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and surgery.

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