# Cuts, lacerations at Horizon Construction Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098419` · 9/23/2022 · SMETHPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Horizon Construction Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 6189 PA 46, SMETHPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 16749
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting off the tops of screws protruding through plywood, using an angle grinder with an abrasive cutoff wheel. The wheel exploded, and shrapnel from it severely lacerated the employee's left forearm and damaged an artery. The grinder was unguarded at the time.

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