# Fractures at Barriere Construction Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021445` · 2/17/2021 · KENNER, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Barriere Construction Co. LLC
- **Location:** New Orlean Airport Expansion, KENNER, LOUISIANA, 70062
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting an iron waterline pipe with a chop saw. The saw kicked back and struck the employee, lacerating the employee's face and neck and fracturing the jaw and teeth.

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