# Cuts, lacerations at Hand Melon Farm LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021289` · 2/9/2023 · GREENWICH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Saw blades-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Hand Melon Farm LLC
- **Location:** 533 Wilbur Avenue, GREENWICH, NEW YORK, 12834
- **NAICS:** 111219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting firewood with a chainsaw. The chain came off the saw and lacerated the employee's left ankle.

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