# Cuts, lacerations at Charles Gerthoffer Masonry Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2017109509` · 10/3/2017 · INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Charles Gerthoffer Masonry Contractors
- **Location:** Philadelphia Street, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15701
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a gas-powered cut-off saw when it cut the employee's arm near the elbow, requiring overnight hospitalization.

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