# Cuts, lacerations at CAPITOL PAVING OF DC, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016076289` · 7/12/2016 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** CAPITOL PAVING OF DC, INC.
- **Location:** Connecticut Avenue and North Hampton Street, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20009
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chop saw to cut a granite curb. When he set the saw down, the blade was still rotating and made contact with the curb. The saw then kicked back and struck the employee in the right shoulder and forearm, slicing his skin.

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