# Cuts, lacerations at Flowerwood Nursery, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011035` · 10/22/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowerwood Nursery, Inc.
- **Location:** 19580 Tomball parkway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77070
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a plant with his pocket knife when his hand slipped and the knife cut his left forearm, causing an arterial laceration.

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