# Cuts, lacerations at BNG Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010006` · 10/18/2017 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** BNG Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** J. Wayne Reitz Union, UF, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32627
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a circular saw to cut a 2-inch by 8-inch piece of lumber on a saw horse. When he finished the cut, the saw's guard did not retract into the safe position. The blade then lacerated his right outer thigh, requiring hospitalization.

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