# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at VE Management LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043578` · 4/17/2025 · HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest  unspecified
- **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:** VE Management LLC
- **Location:** 8401 SE Federal Hwy, HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA, 33455
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut plastic pipe in a hole. The chainsaw kicked back and lacerated the employee's chest.

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