# Cuts, lacerations at Metal Zinc, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021043102` · 4/13/2021 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Zinc, LLC
- **Location:** 19408 Kenswick Drive, HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77338
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was setting up a hydraulic brake press for production and was running a test piece when the foot pedal was pressed and the employee's left hand was cut and crushed.

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