# Cuts, lacerations at BLUEWATER CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2018077314` · 7/19/2018 · PALM BAY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(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:** BLUEWATER CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS, INC
- **Location:** 1701 Wapello Avenue SE, PALM BAY, FLORIDA, 32909
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the roof of a residential property cutting plywood with a circular saw. The employee lost his footing while operating a circular saw and the saw lacerated his left forearm. The laceration reached the artery and required surgery.

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