OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221430879

J AND R LAWNS & LANDSCAPES, INC.

LIVERPOOL, NY· 2021-08-04T00:00:00

Event: Catch Point, Chain Saw, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Footings, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Landscaper, Landscaping, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Protective Clothing, Running, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against, Unstable Position, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345457071
Employer profile: J AND R LAWNS & LANDSCAPES, INC.
Summary number: 221430879
Report ID: 0215800

Event description

Employee lacerates left leg while operating a chain saw

Investigation abstract

At 9:05 a.m. on August 4, 2021, an employee working for a landscaping service was operating a chain saw. The employee began to reposition his footing in order to move the chainsaw while it was still running. The employee inadvertently struck his left leg with the saw. The employee was hospitalized to treat a laceration to his leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Event type
14

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