# Fractures at Grayson Carter & Son Contracting Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022031937` · 3/2/2022 · ATHENS, ALABAMA
## 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:** Grayson Carter & Son Contracting Inc
- **Location:** 22625 Pepper Road, ATHENS, ALABAMA, 35613
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a demolition saw to cut a 15-inch-thick concrete pipe. The saw kicked back and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a cut lip, a broken mandible and broken front teeth (3).

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