# Cuts, lacerations at LATITE ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015074425` · 7/8/2015 · BOCA RATON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** LATITE ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, LLC
- **Location:** 7154 VIA FRIENZE, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, 33433
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a circular saw when the cuff of his shirt sleeve got caught in the saw blade, causing it to kick back on him and cut his right forearm. The employee had surgery to repair his arm.

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