# Cuts, lacerations at Cypress Gulf Development, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021781` · 2/17/2019 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, 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:** Cypress Gulf Development, Inc.
- **Location:** 275 and Dale Mabry Project, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33609
- **NAICS:** 237210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a ductile pipe with a gas-powered chop saw. The saw kicked back and its blade lacerated the employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.

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