# Cuts, lacerations at Inter LaPeruta JV
> OSHA SIR `2018055010` · 5/22/2018 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Inter LaPeruta JV
- **Location:** Amboy Road, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10309
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting down a tree when a branch hit the chain saw he was operating, causing the saw to lacerate his left leg above the knee.

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