# Cuts, lacerations at Cox Paving, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043420` · 4/10/2018 · BALD KNOB, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Cox Paving, Inc.
- **Location:** 360 Honey Hill Rd, BALD KNOB, ARKANSAS, 72010
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a fallen tree with a chainsaw when the chainsaw slipped and cut his left leg below the knee. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*