# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087060` · 8/2/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Knives
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
- **Location:** 1111 Louisiana St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77002
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was skinning 1/0 wire when the knife tip became caught on his gloves and lacerated his left middle finger, severing his flexor tendon.

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