# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Mid Illinois Concrete & Excavation
> OSHA SIR `2025076509` · 7/7/2025 · SAVOY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **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:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid Illinois Concrete & Excavation
- **Location:** Gulfview & Church St., SAVOY, ILLINOIS, 61874
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 7, 2025, an employee was cutting concrete pipe for a storm sewer when the concrete saw bound up and kicked back, cutting the employee on the right side of their face. The employee was hospitalized and required over 200 stitches.

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