By Carl Goenner / Assistant News Director / @carl_goennerpxp / Cold Spring, MN

On Monday, June 1 the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding a chainsaw incident.  

Thirty two year old Eric Michael Carlson was cutting trees when the chainsaw kicked back and cut his right leg.  

They were cutting trees in a ditch near 14785 Fireside Road in Wakefield township.  

First responders arrived on the scene and applied a tourniquet.  

A Mayo Ambulance transported Carlson to a local medical facility for treatment.