# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at The Kearney Companies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024075871` · 7/1/2024 · WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Saws  except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kearney Companies, LLC
- **Location:** Woodcreek Subdivision, WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA, 33543
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a pipe with a circular saw when the pipe pinched the blade and the blade shattered. A projectile from the blade struck the employee in the neck, lacerating him from the Adam's apple around to the ear.

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