# Cuts, lacerations at MGC Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010431` · 1/14/2019 · NEW BRAUNFELS, 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:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** MGC Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1546 Gruene Road, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a powered handheld saw to cut 2 x 4's, when his right leg was lacerated above the knee. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.

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