Accident Report Detail

Accident: 887950 - Employee'S Face Cut When Struck By Chain Saw

**Accident: 887950 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/01/1989**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
108433095	05/17/1989	1629	Jones Of Annapolis, Inc.

At approximately 1:10 p.m. on May 1, 1989, Employee #1 was using a chain saw to clean a building site. It was a rainy day. He was cutting an overhead branch on a tree when the chain saw kicked back off the branch and cut the left side of his face from his forehead to his upper lip. He required stitches and stayed in the hospital for two days.

Keywords: kick back, tree limb, chain saw, construction, laceration, slippery surface, struck by, face

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	108433095			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Excavating and loading machine operators

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