# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Extreme Excavation, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024054208` · 5/13/2024 · TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Saws  except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Extreme Excavation, Inc
- **Location:** 428 Trotter Dr, TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, 83301
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a demolition saw to cut into a 6-inch ductile water main pipe for a new water connection in a trench. The pipe shifted, causing the saw to kick back and strike the employee, resulting in a 6-inch laceration to their right arm bicep/shoulder.

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