# Cuts, lacerations at EPIC Piping, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077264` · 7/17/2019 · SAN MARCOS, 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:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** EPIC Piping, LLC
- **Location:** 2301 Interstate 35 Frontage Rd, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a piece of carbon steel pipe from a conveyor onto a storage rack. The pipe was 14 inches in diameter, approximately 65 inches long and weighed about 300 pounds. When the pipe shifted and began to fall between the supports of the storage rack, the employee attempted to regain control of the falling pipe. The employee s fingers were caught between the pipe and the storage rack resulting in lacerations to the middle and ring fingers of the employee s left hand.

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