# Cuts, lacerations at Elmer F. Possinger & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032929` · 3/31/2020 · SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Elmer F. Possinger & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 91 Water Rd, SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19608
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was notching a tree when his chainsaw kicked and cut his right shin.

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