# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Texas Steel Industrial Placing LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211540` · 12/13/2024 · LIBERTY HILL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saws  except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Steel Industrial Placing LLC
- **Location:** County Rd 213 SB, LIBERTY HILL, TEXAS, 78642
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing formwork for the next task. He cut a 2 x 4 with a circular saw and then placed the saw on the side of a wooden sawhorse. He then walked around the sawhorse and contacted the still-moving blade. The employee sustained a laceration above the knee.

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