- Date
- circa 1959-12
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Rodney Burnett (victim)
- Carried out by
- Ace Tree Company
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcareeconomycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Rodney Burnett suffered a serious chainsaw cut to his calf during right-of-way tree cutting at the south end of Beaver Island in December 1959. The notice says fifteen sutures were required.
Evidence and limits
The report does not identify the right-of-way project or provide a medical record or exact injury date.
Sources
- Reports Rodney Burnett suffered a serious chainsaw cut to the calf while cutting trees at the south end of Beaver Island for a right of way; fifteen sutures were required. The work was being done for the REA and Burnett was working for Ace Tree Company. It does not identify the right-of-way project, provide a medical record, or give an exact date.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Chainsaw injury during Beaver Island right-of-way work, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/chainsaw-injury-of-rodney-burnett-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1960, hospital and injury notices. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.
BibTeX for “Chainsaw injury during Beaver Island right-of-way work, 1959”RIS for “Chainsaw injury during Beaver Island right-of-way work, 1959”