# Cuts, lacerations at Builders Equipment & Tool Company
> OSHA SIR `2016065722` · 6/27/2016 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bricks and pavers
- **Secondary source:** Chutes
## Employer
- **Name:** Builders Equipment & Tool Company
- **Location:** 2027 Independence Parkway South, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling a trash chute when he was struck by a 5-pound brick that was stuck in the chute, severely lacerating his forehead and requiring hospitalization.

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