# Cuts, lacerations at Texas PMW, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021211` · 2/6/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas PMW, Inc.
- **Location:** 315 N. Wayside, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lever to kick feed out from the chuck of a horizontal turret lathe when a metal shaving came out and struck the employee's left hand, causing a deep laceration between the thumb and index finger. The employee suffered tendon damage that required hospitalization and surgery.

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