# Cuts, lacerations at Tri Shield Security & Investigation
> OSHA SIR `2015063613` · 6/11/2015 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Suspect not yet apprehended
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri Shield Security & Investigation
- **Location:** 601 North Lamar, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78703
- **NAICS:** 561612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was chasing down someone who was suspected of trying to abduct and assault a client's employee. He and a coworker accosted the suspect, who drew a knife and struck the injured employee on his left shin. The injured employee was hospitalized.

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