# Cuts, lacerations at University of Saint Mary of the Lake
> OSHA SIR `2017066016` · 6/22/2017 · MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** University of Saint Mary of the Lake
- **Location:** 1000 E. Maple Ave., MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS, 60060
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an orchard ladder trimming the lower branches of a tree with a chainsaw when he slipped and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground. The chainsaw lacerated his hand, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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