# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Department of Army/McAlester Army Ammunition Plant
> OSHA SIR `2016065637` · 6/23/2016 · MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Army/McAlester Army Ammunition Plant
- **Location:** The Directorate of Engineering, MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA, 74501
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a gas-powered chop saw to cut through a water line. When he made the second cut, the pipe slipped down and bound the saw blade. The saw wrenched from his hands, rotated, and came back with the blade cutting the employee from the shoulder across the chest.

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