# Cuts, lacerations at Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211211131` · 12/29/2021 · BRASELTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 1090 BROADWAY AVENUE, BRASELTON, GEORGIA, 30517
- **NAICS:** 423210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A compressed air hose in the back of a yard truck was connected to a trailer. As an employee pulled the yard truck away from the trailer, the quick disconnect in the hose failed. The pressurized hose hit an employee's leg, lacerating it and tearing the calf muscle.

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