# Cuts, lacerations at GEELEHER ENTERPRISES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016098731` · 9/14/2016 · HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** GEELEHER ENTERPRISES, INC.
- **Location:** Lyman Terrace Infrastructure Project, HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01040
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sizing a 15" piece of reinforced concrete pipe with a cut off saw when the saw kicked back, striking and lacerating the employee's upper left arm. The employee was hospitalized.

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