Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Cuts, lacerations
Final narrative
An employee and crew were engaged in fire control operations. The employee was operating a chainsaw to cut brush along an old logging road to be used as a fire control line. As the employee cut brush along the edge of a cutbank, they fell and slid approximately 10 feet down the cutbank. As they fell, the employee's right forearm contacted the chainsaw, resulting in a 3-inch in laceration to the back of the forearm on the anterior side of the wrist. The laceration severed one tendon and partially severed another, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
HospitalizedWrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.Raised natural structures, hills, mountains, n.e.c.
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