# Cuts, lacerations at TECNICO CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2020076759` · 7/18/2020 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## 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:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** TECNICO CORPORATION
- **Location:** Norfolk Naval Base, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23510
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a chain length with an angle grinder when the grinder kicked back and cut the employee's left forearm, requiring hospitalization.

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