# Cuts, lacerations at Nixcavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054541` · 5/3/2019 · LONGMONT, COLORADO
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nixcavating, Inc.
- **Location:** 17th Ave and Gay Street, LONGMONT, COLORADO, 80501
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting an 18" pipe with a demo saw when the pipe kicked back. The employee was hospitalized with a cut on the chest that required stitches.

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