# Surface and flesh wounds  unspecified at Prairieland Detention Center
> OSHA SIR `2024098718` · 9/18/2024 · ALVARADO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Surface and flesh wounds  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing protective services
- **Source:** Criminal inmate or detainee in custody
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairieland Detention Center
- **Location:** 1209 Sunflower Lane, ALVARADO, TEXAS, 76009
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 18, 2024, an employee at a detention center was giving an inmate water when the inmate pulled the employee by the arm against the cell door and bit his right middle finger.

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