# Cuts, lacerations at Trinidad Drilling
> OSHA SIR `20171110788` · 11/9/2017 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Groin
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Trinidad Drilling
- **Location:** Unknown, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering one end of a hose when the opposite end blew off under pressure, striking the employee and causing a laceration.

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