# Cuts, lacerations at Harcros Chemicals
> OSHA SIR `2015010186` · 1/13/2015 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Harcros Chemicals
- **Location:** 2627 Weir St., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was moving pallets by hand, wearing heavy cloth gloves. A piece of wood penetrated his glove and cut his left thumb.  The incident was not reported at the time of the incident.  On January 20, 2015, the employee called his supervisor and reported that his thumb was infected and he had been admitted to the hospital.

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