# Cuts, lacerations at Ridgeline Roofing
> OSHA SIR `2021109245` · 10/26/2021 · VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Ridgeline Roofing
- **Location:** 640 4th place, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, 32962
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a side saw to remove rotten siding from a residential property when the saw blade bound and kicked back, hitting him in the left arm and causing lacerations.

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