# Cuts, lacerations at COWELL STEEL STRUCTURES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020043118` · 4/6/2020 · ATKINS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** COWELL STEEL STRUCTURES, INC.
- **Location:** 7695 Hwy 64, ATKINS, ARKANSAS, 72823
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinder with a cutoff wheel to cut pipe. The wheel broke apart and struck the employee in the left forearm, pieces of it became embedding in the forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

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