# Cuts, lacerations at JC Concrete
> OSHA SIR `2021054027` · 5/17/2021 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** JC Concrete
- **Location:** 1 Rocket Rd, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a circular saw to cut wooden planks into stakes. The saw caught his shirt and was pulled toward his abdomen, lacerating it. He was hospitalized with a 10-inch cut from the right side of his torso to the left side of his navel.

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