# Cuts, lacerations at SLOWEY CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191212709` · 12/11/2019 · DAKOTA DUNES, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, 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:** SLOWEY CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** 855 Cottonwood Lane, DAKOTA DUNES, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57049
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cut-off saw to cut a pipe when the saw became caught or kicked back and struck the employee's face, causing severe facial lacerations that required hospitalization and stitches.

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