# Cuts, lacerations at Solar Turbines Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023065523` · 6/21/2023 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Solar Turbines Incorporated
- **Location:** 16504 De Zavalla Rd., CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an angle grinder to clean a spool connection when the grinder kicked back. The right side of his face was lacerated by the grinder.

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