# Cuts, lacerations at Patriacca Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110690` · 11/7/2017 · AVON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Patriacca Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Eagle Bend Townhome complex, AVON, COLORADO, 81620
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 7, 2017, an employee was using a chop/miter saw to cut a section of roll material when the saw kicked back and caused his left thumb to contact the blade. He suffered a deep cut to his thumb and was hospitalized.

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