# Cuts, lacerations at Chapman Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020098344` · 9/1/2020 · FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Chapman Corporation
- **Location:** 702 AFR Drive, FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, 26554
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinder to modify a 10" pipe when the grinder kicked back and lacerated the employee's upper thigh.

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