# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Westco Grounds Maintenance
> OSHA SIR `2024032510` · 3/20/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle
- **Source:** Lawn mower  riding
- **Secondary source:** Slopes, embankments
## Employer
- **Name:** Westco Grounds Maintenance
- **Location:** 2003 Flower Garden Ln, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77077
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a zero-turn mower on a slope next to a retention pond when the mower slipped on the wet grass and slid into the pond. He jumped off the mower and his foot made contact with the mowing deck, resulting in a laceration to his right foot.

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