# Cuts, lacerations at Tradesmen International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019043918` · 4/17/2019 · MC FARLAND, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Tradesmen International, LLC
- **Location:** 6104 Rivercrest Drive, MC FARLAND, WISCONSIN, 53558
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a step ladder with a reciprocating saw. The saw kicked back, causing the employee to drop the saw, which contacted his ankle lacerating it.

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