# Cuts, lacerations at BAE SYSTEMS
> OSHA SIR `2015052496` · 5/1/2015 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Saws-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE SYSTEMS
- **Location:** 1100 BAIRS ROAD, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17405
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A welder was using a 4 inch handheld carbon tooth cut-off saw to cut an aluminum block off a Bradley vehicle when the saw bounced back and hit him approximately 2 inches above his right knee causing a severe laceration.  The employee was taken to the hospital for surgery to repair the injury.

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