# Cuts, lacerations at Hormegas Construction
> OSHA SIR `2015107554` · 10/10/2015 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Hormegas Construction
- **Location:** 8001 IH 35, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78744
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a battery operated circular saw. The blade got stuck in the wood and kicked back lacerating three fingers on the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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