# Cuts, lacerations at Allstates Refractory Contractors
> OSHA SIR `20190910164` · 9/28/2019 · CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Allstates Refractory Contractors
- **Location:** Corelle Brands, CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA, 15022
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wood with a jig saw when the blade hit a nail. The saw jumped and the blade contacted an artery in the employee's wrist requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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