# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025088300` · 8/20/2025 · KEY LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(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:** BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICES, INC.
- **Location:** 50 Clubhouse Road, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, 33037
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a palm frond with a chainsaw when the chainsaw kicked back and lacerated his left upper arm/bicep area. The employee was hospitalized.

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