# Cuts, lacerations at TTG Utilities
> OSHA SIR `2020054749` · 5/21/2020 · FORT HOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** TTG Utilities
- **Location:** 12000 Block, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, 76544
- **NAICS:** 926130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting concrete form stakes out of 2"x6" lumber laying on a couple of sawhorses. There was a nail embedded in a 2"x6" that caused the saw to bounce when he cut into it. The saw bounced down onto his right leg, cutting his right inner thigh and requiring surgery.

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