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A 26-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries Thursday morning when the chainsaw he was operating on a lift kicked back and sliced his arm.

Ottawa paramedics received several 911 calls to a tree-cutting site on Sharkey Crescent in Cumberland at about 10:30.

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The 26-year-old man had been working in a bucket lift seven metres above the ground when the incident happened. His co-workers had used a T-shirt to make a tourniquet in an effort to stanch the bleeding.

The man was airlifted by ORNGE helicopter and was in critical condition in hospital.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour was to launch an investigation.