# Cuts, lacerations at PA Transformer
> OSHA SIR `20181010522` · 10/11/2018 · CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PA Transformer
- **Location:** 30 Curry Street, CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15317
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a disc grinder to grind off the legs of a bracket. The grinder kicked back and lacerated the employee's left leg above the knee.

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