# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Monarch Landscape-Florida, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043797` · 4/23/2025 · MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Monarch Landscape-Florida, LLC
- **Location:** 18600 Sunrise Ave, MIRAMAR, FLORIDA, 33029
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to prune a coconut palm. The chainsaw kicked back and struck the employee's left wrist, resulting in lacerations that required surgery to repair a tendon.

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