# Cuts, lacerations at Sysco of St. Louis Food Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098763` · 9/22/2023 · SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Sysco of St. Louis Food Services, LLC
- **Location:** 3850 Mueller Rd, SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, 63301
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near a colleague who was cutting down trees with a chainsaw. The chainsaw kicked back, striking the injured employee's left lower leg. The employee sustained a shin laceration.

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