# Cuts, lacerations at Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Construction Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088030` · 8/5/2019 · CAMERON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Construction Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project, CAMERON, LOUISIANA, 70631
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

In preparation to cut rebar, a Bechtel Construction Services employee was picking up a battery-powered band saw from the ground with his right hand. He simultaneously reached underneath the housing of the band saw and grasped the blade with his gloved left hand. The band saw activated and caused a laceration to his left index finger.

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