# Cuts, lacerations at Chivers Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010595` · 10/15/2018 · CORRY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Chivers Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Intersecion of York St. & Grand St., CORRY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16407
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in an excavation to install a new water line. The employee was cutting an existing steel pipe with a cut-off saw when the pipe broke and caused the saw to kick back. The saw blade contacted and lacerated the employee's neck, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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