# Cuts, lacerations at Dickson Furniture Manufacturers
> OSHA SIR `2022109533` · 10/31/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dickson Furniture Manufacturers
- **Location:** 6900 Overmyer Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77008
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a fabric cutting machine when the machine slipped off the table. The employee reached for the machine, causing the blade to lacerate three of his fingers.

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