# Cuts, lacerations at Maria Flores Vargas
> OSHA SIR `2017032167` · 3/8/2017 · LEWISVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(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:** Maria Flores Vargas
- **Location:** Hebron & Hwy 121, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, 75057
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting decking material with a circular saw. The employee miss-stepped and lost his balance. In doing so, the arm that was holding the saw raised and lacerated the opposite forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

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