# Cuts, lacerations at WES CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2018087876` · 8/1/2018 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
## Employer
- **Name:** WES CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
- **Location:** Chelsea & Constitution Ave, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02129
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a broken concrete piece under a concrete slab as support when the slab broke and came down on/pinned the employee's right hand, cutting it and requiring stitches.

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