# Cuts, lacerations at Encore Dredging
> OSHA SIR `2022087348` · 8/18/2022 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Capsized or sinking water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Multiple weather and atmospheric conditions
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Dredging
- **Location:** 3620 Miramar, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a vessel in a channel when it began to take on water in a storm. The employee pushed out a window to exit the vessel. The glass lacerated his hand and he ingested water. He was hospitalized.

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