# Cuts, lacerations at Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning
> OSHA SIR `2022087529` · 8/24/2022 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ducts
## Employer
- **Name:** Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning
- **Location:** 4525 Milwaukee Ave, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing air ducts. While hanging the duct and connecting pieces, one of the sheet metal duct pieces began to fall. The employee reached out to grab it and lacerated his right palm.

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