# Cuts, lacerations at Elias Construction
> OSHA SIR `20171010037` · 10/19/2017 · PALMETTO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Elias Construction
- **Location:** Palmetto/Willow walk Subdivision, PALMETTO, FLORIDA, 34221
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a roof using a power saw to cut two-by-fours at a 45-degree angle when the saw slipped and cut his right leg.

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