# Cuts, lacerations at Kootenai National Forest
> OSHA SIR `20190910227` · 9/30/2019 · LIBBY, MONTANA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Kootenai National Forest
- **Location:** Cripple Creek Drainage off National Forest Rd 835, LIBBY, MONTANA, 59923
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting small-diameter trees and shrubs with a chainsaw when he slipped on rocks. The saw contacted the bottom of his chaps, pulling them away from the back of his leg. The saw then contacted the back of his leg and cut his calf, requiring hospitalization.

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