Thigh laceration X2, hand lac X1. Mechanism of injury? BFK versus affected part. Cause of injury? Walking and slashing, blade bounced off the tree and hit the leg, holding the branch while cutting the branch.

Post Script: Were these experienced woodspersons, bushcrafty and seasoned? Nope-they were just guys with new machetes. When your only (or newest) tool is a machete, all of your problems look like shrubs.

Took care of a guy who was using a chainsaw (Machete+technology) to lop limbs from the top of a tree while he was suspended at the top of the tree by a rope- lopping proceeded as follows: limb, limb, limb, rope....so he fell 15 feet to the ground, while holding a running chain saw and landed in the foundation planting. Injuries: bruised his shoulder a little. Better to be lucky than good.