# Cuts, lacerations at R.E. Monks Construction Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181112220` · 11/29/2018 · ABERNATHY, TEXAS
## 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:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** R.E. Monks Construction Company, LLC
- **Location:** 17304 N FM 2528, ABERNATHY, TEXAS, 79311
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting an HDTP pipe with a chainsaw. The saw kicked back and struck his left leg above the knee, causing a laceration. He was hospitalized.

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