# Cuts, lacerations at NWA Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065268` · 6/5/2020 · GENTRY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** NWA Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 12579 Pioneer Lane, GENTRY, ARKANSAS, 72734
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a circular saw to cut a plastic drum when the saw skipped/slipped and caused a cut to the bones in his left forearm just above the wrist.

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