# Cuts, lacerations at Monument Chemical
> OSHA SIR `2020087271` · 8/2/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Monument Chemical
- **Location:** 16717 Jacinto Port Blvd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A pump coupling failed and caused objects to fly in the air and strike an employee. The employee received two lacerations to the inner left thigh.

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