# Cuts, lacerations at Orion Marine Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043540` · 4/5/2019 · CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Orion Marine Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 799 Snapper Rd., CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 32920
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an angle grinder when he tripped on a sea wall grounding wire, causing the angle grinder to contact and lacerate his right knee as he fell to the ground. The angle grinder blade was unguarded at the time.

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