# Cuts, lacerations at Astro Turf Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022086846` · 8/3/2022 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Astro Turf Corporation
- **Location:** 304 Josephs Lane, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15237
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinder to cut concrete when the grinder caught the employee's shorts and lacerated his right thigh. The employee was hospitalized.

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