# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Cardinal Paint and Powder
> OSHA SIR `2025087571` · 8/1/2025 · DECATUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cardinal Paint and Powder
- **Location:** 3200 Thom Lambert Blvd, DECATUR, TEXAS, 76234
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a rotor plate in the sound room. A ventilation pipe was pushed through an opening in a wall while equipment was being reassembled after cleaning. The employee was struck by the falling pipe (14 inches long, 10-inch diameter) and sustained a severe laceration to the right hand, a fractured finger, and a lacerated 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*