# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Fernandes Masonry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021631` · 2/19/2025 · FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Grinders  handtool
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Fernandes Masonry, Inc.
- **Location:** 251 Stonehaven Rd., FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02720
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been doing masonry work. The employee was using a handheld grinder to cut a wire rope when the grinder kicked back and lacerated the employee's arm. The employee was hospitalized.

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