# Cuts, lacerations at Legacy Sitework, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021649` · 2/19/2020 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Legacy Sitework, LLC
- **Location:** Creekside Farms Subdivision, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an angle grinder to grind out imperfections in a concrete curb. The grinding wheel exploded. Flying pieces of it hit his left knee pad (causing the knee to swell) and lacerated his left index finger, damaging the bone.

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