# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Verizon New York, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088478` · 8/16/2019 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon New York, Inc.
- **Location:** Grant Avenue, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13244
- **NAICS:** 517212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 16, 2019, an employee was cutting a telephone pole with a chainsaw. The saw kicked back and struck his right leg, causing a severe laceration, a chipped bone, and cut tendons. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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