# Cuts, lacerations at Nabholz Construction
> OSHA SIR `20191111950` · 11/17/2019 · RIDGEDALE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Nabholz Construction
- **Location:** 915 Long Creek Road, RIDGEDALE, MISSOURI, 65739
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sawing a notch into a cedar board with a chainsaw. The saw bound up and, when pulled free, struck the right side of the employee's chin. He suffered a laceration all the way to the cheekbone.

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