# Cuts, lacerations at BLUE NILE ENGINEERING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018088397` · 8/16/2018 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, 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:** BLUE NILE ENGINEERING, INC.
- **Location:** 43rd and Paseo, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64110
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a 16" water main with a saw when the sawblade kicked back and cut his face on the right side.

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