# Cuts, lacerations at Vernon Kuhns
> OSHA SIR `20181010685` · 10/17/2018 · MOUNT PULASKI, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Vernon Kuhns
- **Location:** 1448 800th Street, MOUNT PULASKI, ILLINOIS, 62548
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 17, 2018, at approximately 1:40 PM, an employee was straddling a truss approximately 16 feet above the ground and cutting the top off the post with a chainsaw. As he made the cut, the chainsaw cut into his right leg above the knee, requiring hospitalization.

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