# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at US Forest service, Bitterroot National Forest, Stevensville Ranger District
> OSHA SIR `2025087755` · 8/6/2025 · VICTOR, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(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:** US Forest service, Bitterroot National Forest, Stevensville Ranger District
- **Location:** Near Sweathouse Creek Trailhead, N 46  24.99 W 114  11.90, VICTOR, MONTANA, 59875
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a tree thinning unit and was cutting a 6" diameter tree. During the back-cut when the chainsaw kicked back. The saw struck her, resulting in a 3-inch laceration on her left leg below the knee. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

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