# Cuts, lacerations at Beckwith Commercial Roofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118279` · 11/3/2015 · CORDOVA, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Beckwith Commercial Roofing, Inc.
- **Location:** 22614 Rte 84 North, CORDOVA, ILLINOIS, 61242
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the process of cutting plastic roofing material with a hook knife.  The knife got caught up in the plastic roofing material.  The employee pulled on the knife and when it dislodged he cut his thigh.  The employee was admitted into the hospital.

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