# Cuts, lacerations at Forgen, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021053650` · 5/3/2021 · CENTENNIAL, COLORADO
## 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:** Forgen, LLC
- **Location:** 6025 S. Quebec, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, 80111
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 9:45 a.m. on May 3, 2021, an employee was sitting in front of an iron plate, using a hand grinder to remove tack welds from it. The wheel jumped, slipped on his right leg, and cut him just above the knee on the side. He was hospitalized.

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