# Cuts, lacerations at TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION
> OSHA SIR `2023087939` · 8/28/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION
- **Location:** 10881 Steel Conversion, Inc, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77045
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was color coding the ends of pipes with spray paint. A pipe got stuck on the flapper that moves the pipes up to the table. The employee went to clear the pipe and another pipe fell back on his right arm, causing a laceration that required hospitalization.

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