# Cuts, lacerations at EGM Plumbing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020087541` · 8/10/2020 · CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** EGM Plumbing LLC
- **Location:** 40-42 Jackson Drive, CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY, 07016
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 10, 2020, a plumber was cutting copper pipe with an angle grinder while working from a ladder when the angle grinder wheel became stuck in the pipe. He tried to dislodge the grinder by pulling on it and fell from ladder, sustaining a cut on his right forearm and leading to hospitalization and surgery.

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