# Cuts, lacerations at Family Lawn Care, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211062` · 12/4/2023 · CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Family Lawn Care, LLC
- **Location:** 1488 Boskeydell Rd, CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, 62902
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on plant bed timbers, using a powered hand trimmer to trim the shrubs in the plant bed. The timber gave way, breaking into several pieces. The employee lost balance and fell with the trimmer in his hand. He suffered a severe laceration to the right wrist and hand.

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