# Cuts, lacerations at M&M METALS
> OSHA SIR `2016021561` · 2/19/2016 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ducts
## Employer
- **Name:** M&M METALS
- **Location:** 6220 Culebra, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78238
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a metal HVAC duct. As the duct was being lifted, the rigging failed, causing the duct to drop. The employee attempted to catch the duct as it fell, and his right hand was lacerated. He was hospitalized.

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