Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at W.A. Kendall and Company LLC, 30720 Sanford Davis Road, LANGSVILLE, OHIO 45741
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
While trimming a tree limb using a chainsaw, an employee's lower right leg was cut by the chainsaw. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Chainsaws-powered
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