# Cuts, lacerations at Backbone Power Systems LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032104` · 3/7/2023 · LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Backbone Power Systems LLC
- **Location:** 6161 Maud Hughes Road, LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO, 45044
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of a utility pole. The employee climbed the adjacent new pole with pole climbers and used a chain saw to make the cut. The saw kicked back, resulting in lacerations to the employee's arm and chest that required hospitalization and surgery.

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