Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wright Tree Service Inc., Intersection of US 150 and Voorheese Road, EDWARDS, ILLINOIS 61528
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Forearm(s).
Final narrative
On October 3, 2024, an employee was using a chainsaw to trim trees. They were moving a limb when the chainsaw contacted their left forearm and lacerated it.
On April 10, 2025, an employee was climbing a fixed ladder on a chip truck. He fell backward from the ladder, striking his head on the ground and suffering a brain bleed.
An employee was working as a spotter for a tree truck that was being parked near a tree. The employee was behind the truck when he was pinned between the truck and the tree. The employee sustained a lacerated liver.
An employee was ascending a tree to trim the top off with a chainsaw. At a height of 20 feet, he clipped into the equipment holding line. He then fell from the tree and landed on a chainsaw on the ground. The employee sustained a broken femur.
A crew felled a 65-foot pine tree and were removing limbs. The trunk of the tree was approximately 6 feet above the ground and as the crew was moving the trunk to the ground, the tree fell on the injured employee. He sustained a fractured back.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561730)
An employee was helping to set up a mulch blowing truck when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee, a concussion, and a head laceration; they also received stitches on their arm.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the saw cut his thumb, index, and middle fingers. His index finger was amputated and he was hospitalized.
An employee was mowing a residential lawn at a client's house. The mower slid on the land and tipped over onto him. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra in the neck and partial paralysis.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.