# Cuts, lacerations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2019044292` · 4/28/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 7110 MyKawa Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77033
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking apart an extended conveyor after using it to unload a package. The equipment sliced his right thumb and he was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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