# Cuts, lacerations at Barber Brothers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016042814` · 4/4/2016 · GONZALES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Barber Brothers, LLC
- **Location:** Hwy 44 @ Black Bayou extension, GONZALES, LOUISIANA, 70737
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of PVC piping with a chop saw. The blade kicked back and struck him in the chest, lacerating it.

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