# Cuts, lacerations at Pumps of Houston, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213038` · 12/20/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Motors other than vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Pumps of Houston, Inc.
- **Location:** 10239 Cossey Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77070
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was slowly transporting an electric motor via a lifting strap from a forklift while another employee (employee 2) was trying to keep the electric motor from swinging as the forklift was passing under a door. The electric motor slipped out of the lifting strap. Employee 2 tried to catch the falling electric motor and severely cut three fingers on his left hand. Employee 2 was hospitalized for hand surgery.

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