# Cuts, lacerations at Prewett Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2016064965` · 6/6/2016 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Prewett Enterprises
- **Location:** BL Middlemen Rail Yard, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing a back-hoe operation when the back-hoe operator turned the vehicle and struck the employee, who then fell to the ground. His hard hat was knocked off, and his head was lacerated by rocks on the ground.

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