# Cuts, lacerations at Pierce Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211914` · 12/23/2016 · SIDNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip without fall, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Embankments
## Employer
- **Name:** Pierce Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 5.5 miles NW of Sidney, SIDNEY, TEXAS, 76474
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting culverts along a highway. After a culvert was in place, the employee slipped on the embankment. The employee grabbed the rim of the culvert to catch his fall and lacerated three fingers on the left hand.

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