# Cuts, lacerations at Carrara Stone Systems of Chicago, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016054601` · 5/24/2016 · MUNDELEIN, 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:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Carrara Stone Systems of Chicago, LLC.
- **Location:** 675 Tower Road, MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS, 60060
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wood with a hand-held electric saw when the saw slipped and severely lacerated the employee's upper left leg. The saw 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*