# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at George V. Hamilton Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025032429` · 3/14/2025 · MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **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:** George V. Hamilton Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** 8999 Energy Highway, MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26041
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a tight 15-inch space and using a 6-inch angle grinder to cut off an angle on an iron standoff boiler pulverizer. The grinder bound up in the angle, kicked back, lacerating the employee's left forearm.

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