# Cuts, lacerations at Encore Concrete Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077031` · 7/11/2019 · SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Concrete Construction, LLC
- **Location:** Telfair MOB jobsite, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, 77479
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were cutting a concrete wall with a chop saw. The blade got stuck within the cut and the saw kicked back, cutting both employees on the leg. One employee received stitches and was not hospitalized. The other employee had to have surgery on the right leg.

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