# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at H-E-B
> OSHA SIR `20241211713` · 12/19/2024 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Chips, shards, fibers  glass
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums, cans  nonpressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** H-E-B
- **Location:** 8801 South Congress Ave., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78745
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a trash can. A piece of glass in the trash can cut her lower left leg near the ankle and severed a tendon. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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