# Cuts, lacerations at DMG Masonry, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2016098431` · 9/7/2016 · FRISCO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** DMG Masonry, LTD.
- **Location:** Frisco Memorial High School, FRISCO, TEXAS, 75034
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a concrete form on a window sill using an angle grinder with a cut-off blade. The grinder went through the plywood and struck the concrete, resulting in a kickback that caused the grinder to strike and deeply lacerate the employee's chest. He was hospitalized.

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