# Cuts, lacerations at THE DURHAM COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2022065032` · 6/10/2022 · HOUSTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** THE DURHAM COMPANY
- **Location:** 1075 Opportunity Circle, HOUSTON, MISSOURI, 65483
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press. A part was being pulled and a sheet metal part underneath came out with it and fell, striking the employee's foot/ankle. The employee sustained a laceration to the foot and ankle that required surgery.

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