# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Trac-Work Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025076964` · 7/17/2025 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Trac-Work Inc.
- **Location:** 2929 Storey Ln, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75220
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were hammering railroad spikes onto railroad ties when shrapnel splintered off the metal head of the spike maul. A metal fragment pierced the injured employee's upper left arm.

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