# Cuts, lacerations at K-FIVE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2021109002` · 10/19/2021 · ELWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** K-FIVE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
- **Location:** 2131 Logistic Court, ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a vertical board with a portable cut-off saw when something got caught in the saw and pulled the saw away from the employee. The blade struck the employee's left shin, resulting in a laceration.

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