# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Right of Way Clearing and Maintenance, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032288` · 3/13/2024 · PENNSBORO, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Right of Way Clearing and Maintenance, Inc.
- **Location:** Minear Pipeline, PENNSBORO, WEST VIRGINIA, 26415
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was felling a tree when the chainsaw kicked back and contacted their left upper thigh, resulting in a laceration and hospitalization.

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