# Cuts, lacerations at Penn Line Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020076328` · 7/8/2020 · WEST UNION, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn Line Corporation
- **Location:** Arnolds Creek Rd, WEST UNION, WEST VIRGINIA, 26456
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee approached a brush pile to gather cut brush. A second employee was cutting limbs in the brush pile using a chainsaw. When that employee turned, the tip of the chainsaw lacerated the first employee's right arm.

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