# Cuts, lacerations at PSC Metals Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016065092` · 6/9/2016 · SLIPPERY ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PSC Metals Incorporated
- **Location:** 656 New Castle Road, SLIPPERY ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 16057
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chop saw to cut aluminum. He stopped cutting the metal and turned the chop saw off. The chop saw had some revolutions left. The employee tripped and fell, and the back of his left knee struck the blade, lacerating it. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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