# Cuts, lacerations at M&M Coastal Manufacturing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109335` · 10/3/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** M&M Coastal Manufacturing Inc.
- **Location:** 8700 Hirsch Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77016
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a power saw from his knees and was cutting a pallet to discard. The power saw kicked back and part of the blade cut the employee's right leg above the knee, causing a deep laceration. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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