# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at AmeriTex Pipe & Products, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2025077549` · 7/31/2025 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **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:** Other hammers, mallets
## Employer
- **Name:** AmeriTex Pipe & Products, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 8489 Waukegan Rd., CONROE, TEXAS, 77306
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering a pin into an engine. When he struck the pin with the hammer, the pin shattered and a small piece entered the employee's leg. He was hospitalized and required surgery to remove the shard.

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