# Cuts, lacerations at JENDOCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016042922` · 4/7/2016 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** JENDOCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
- **Location:** Allegheny General Hospital, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15212
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a right angle grinder cutting a door jamb when the frame pinched the grinding wheel causing it to kick back and strike the employee in the left bicep.  The employee required surgery to repair the injury and was hospitalized.

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