# Cuts, lacerations at Special Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021087176` · 8/23/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Special Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 11625 North Houston Rosslyn Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77086
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking inventory in a warehouse aisleway. A lift truck struck the employee, who suffered a jaw and neck laceration from a metal part of a storage rack.

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