# Cuts, lacerations at Massman-Clarkson, a Joint Venture
> OSHA SIR `2022087735` · 8/31/2022 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Massman-Clarkson, a Joint Venture
- **Location:** 600 Broadway Blvd, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64105
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to drive a barrel pin out of a girder splice. A piece of shrapnel broke off the pin and lacerated the employee's right inner thigh, just above the knee.

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