# Cuts, lacerations at Way Engineering, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2017032558` · 3/21/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cans
## Employer
- **Name:** Way Engineering, Ltd
- **Location:** 1130 John Freeman, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee reached into a gang box to get some welding rods. He placed one can of welding rods to the side and set it on another can of rods. He was reaching to grab a 1/8" can of rods when an opened can tipped over and lacerated his ulnar artery with the metal lid.

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