# Cuts, lacerations at THE PIKE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019088971` · 8/28/2019 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** THE PIKE COMPANY
- **Location:** Univeristy of Rochester, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14607
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting concrete with a masonry saw and using a garden hose to spray water directly on the blade to control dust. The saw became stuck and jumped out of its cut channel, striking the employee in the right upper thigh. The employee suffered a thigh laceration requiring surgery, as well as damaged thigh muscle and tissue.

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