# Cuts, lacerations at MESSER CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `2018054939` · 5/21/2018 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(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:** MESSER CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** 2601 NW BARRY ROAD, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64154
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a circular saw at a residential construction site when the saw kicked back and lacerated the employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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