# Fractures at Union Industrial Construction
> OSHA SIR `2020088120` · 8/26/2020 · ASHTABULA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Union Industrial Construction
- **Location:** North Ridge West, ASHTABULA, OHIO, 44004
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a ductile water line pipe to be replaced using a gas powered cut off saw. Something caused the saw to kick upwards and the body of the saw struck the employee's face causing fractures and a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

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