# Cuts, lacerations at Jacintoport International LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021871` · 2/28/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Jacintoport International LLC
- **Location:** 16398 Jacintoport Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 488310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 28, 2023, an employee was securing a piece of cargo on a bulk carrier ship with chain slings when the plate that holds the D-ring in place failed and struck him in the left side of his face and forehead. The employee sustained a laceration to the left side of his forehead, and a laceration to the left side of his nose.

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