# Cuts, lacerations at SME Steel Contractors, Inc*
> OSHA SIR `2019065943` · 6/12/2019 · POCATELLO, IDAHO
## 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:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SME Steel Contractors, Inc*
- **Location:** 669 West Quinn Road, POCATELLO, IDAHO, 83201
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 9" grinder on a skid when the grinder slipped off the skid and slashed the inside of the employee's left upper leg. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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