# Cuts, lacerations at Pelco Structural, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021323` · 2/12/2016 · CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Pelco Structural, LLC
- **Location:** 1501 Industrial Blvd., CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA, 74017
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a handheld angle grinder on a light pole base when the grinder rebounded and contacted his unprotected face. The employee suffered a severe laceration to the left side of the face. The grinder was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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