# Cuts, lacerations at GIBBS & REGISTER, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018043765` · 4/19/2018 · ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(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:** GIBBS & REGISTER, INC.
- **Location:** Corner Westmonte Dr. and SR 436, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32701
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of lumber with a cut-off saw when the piece collapsed and pinched the saw blade, causing the saw to 
kick back. The employee lost control of the saw, and it contacted/lacerated his left bicep.

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