# Cuts, lacerations at Hawk Construction
> OSHA SIR `2019099236` · 9/5/2019 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Trenchers
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hawk Construction
- **Location:** Intersertion of Mesa St. and University, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79912
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's safety vest became entangled with a trenching machine's blade, and the blade lacerated the employee's back.

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